The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;Samuel Johnson J. Johnson; J. Nichols and son; R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faulder and Son; G. Nicol and Son; T. Payne; G. Robinson; Wilkie and Robinson; C. Davies; T. Egerton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Stockdale; Cuthell and Martin; Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Barker; John Richardson; J.M. Richardson; J. Carpenter; B. Crosby; E. Jeffery; J. Murray; W. Miller; J. and A. Arch; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Harding; J. Mackinlay; J. Hatchard; R.H. Evans; Matthews and Leigh; J. Mawman; J. Booth; J. Asperne; P. and W. Wynne; and W. Grace, Deighton and Son at Cambridge; and Wilson and Son at York, 1810 - English poetry |
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In what manner Johnson was employed for some time after his arrival in Lon .
don , is not known . He brought a small sum of money with him , and he
hasbanded it with frugality , while he mixed in such society as was accessible to
a friendless ...
In what manner Johnson was employed for some time after his arrival in Lon .
don , is not known . He brought a small sum of money with him , and he
hasbanded it with frugality , while he mixed in such society as was accessible to
a friendless ...
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He appears to have viewed the difficulties of a first attempt with a wary eye , and
had the precaution to make himself known to the public by the Lines addressed
to Dr . Hoadley . Those to Mr . Garrick , on his becoming joint patentee of Drury ...
He appears to have viewed the difficulties of a first attempt with a wary eye , and
had the precaution to make himself known to the public by the Lines addressed
to Dr . Hoadley . Those to Mr . Garrick , on his becoming joint patentee of Drury ...
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Why he did not comply with this advice cannot now be known ; but before this
time he appears to have been of a religious turn , although it is not easy to
reconcile his principles , which were those of the strictest kind , with his continual
ambition ...
Why he did not comply with this advice cannot now be known ; but before this
time he appears to have been of a religious turn , although it is not easy to
reconcile his principles , which were those of the strictest kind , with his continual
ambition ...
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From a passage in one of bis letters that will be mentioned hereafter , it may be
concluded with some degree of probability , that he was born in the year 1707 ,
but in what county , or of what family , is not known . He studied physic under the
...
From a passage in one of bis letters that will be mentioned hereafter , it may be
concluded with some degree of probability , that he was born in the year 1707 ,
but in what county , or of what family , is not known . He studied physic under the
...
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He is not known to have produced any thing of the medical kind , except a quarto
pamphlet , entitled Observations on a particular kind of Scarlet Fever that lately
prevailed in and about St . Albans , 1749 . The dates of some of his poetical ...
He is not known to have produced any thing of the medical kind , except a quarto
pamphlet , entitled Observations on a particular kind of Scarlet Fever that lately
prevailed in and about St . Albans , 1749 . The dates of some of his poetical ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper; Volume 6; Volume 154 of The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Charles Whittingham |
| Editor | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributors | Alexander Chalmers, Charles Whittingham |
| Publisher | J. Johnson; J. Nichols and son; R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faulder and Son; G. Nicol and Son; T. Payne; G. Robinson; Wilkie and Robinson; C. Davies; T. Egerton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Stockdale; Cuthell and Martin; Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Barker; John Richardson; J.M. Richardson; J. Carpenter; B. Crosby; E. Jeffery; J. Murray; W. Miller; J. and A. Arch; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Harding; J. Mackinlay; J. Hatchard; R.H. Evans; Matthews and Leigh; J. Mawman; J. Booth; J. Asperne; P. and W. Wynne; and W. Grace, Deighton and Son at Cambridge; and Wilson and Son at York, 1810 |
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| Digitized | 16 Jun 2006 |
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