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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... known , if he had not exhibited them as warnings . His memory was uncommonly tenacious , and to his last days he prided him- self on it , considering a defect of memory as the prelude of total decay . Perhaps he carried this doctrine ...
... known , if he had not exhibited them as warnings . His memory was uncommonly tenacious , and to his last days he prided him- self on it , considering a defect of memory as the prelude of total decay . Perhaps he carried this doctrine ...
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... known with certainty , except what is painful to relate , that he either put on an air of gaiety to conceal his anx- ious cares , or secluded himself from company that that poverty might not be known which at length compelled him to ...
... known with certainty , except what is painful to relate , that he either put on an air of gaiety to conceal his anx- ious cares , or secluded himself from company that that poverty might not be known which at length compelled him to ...
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... known and pa- tronized by the learned world . Disappointed in this scheme , he offered his services to Mr. Cave , the propric tor and editor of the Gentleman's Magazine , who had given some proofs of a li beral spirit of enterprize in ...
... known and pa- tronized by the learned world . Disappointed in this scheme , he offered his services to Mr. Cave , the propric tor and editor of the Gentleman's Magazine , who had given some proofs of a li beral spirit of enterprize in ...
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... known . He brought a small sum of money with him , and he hus- banded it with frugality , while he mixed in such society as was accessible to a friendless and uncourtly scholar , and amused himself in contemplating the man , ners of the ...
... known . He brought a small sum of money with him , and he hus- banded it with frugality , while he mixed in such society as was accessible to a friendless and uncourtly scholar , and amused himself in contemplating the man , ners of the ...
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... known and highly respected among the eminent men of his time , by the publication of London , a piece in imitation of the third satire of Juvenal . The history of this publication is not uninteresting . Young authors did not then ...
... known and highly respected among the eminent men of his time , by the publication of London , a piece in imitation of the third satire of Juvenal . The history of this publication is not uninteresting . Young authors did not then ...
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