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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... conversation , where he exhibited an inexhaustible fertility of imagination , an elegance and acuteness of argument , and a ready wit , such as never appear to have been combined in one man . And it is not too much to say , that ...
... conversation , where he exhibited an inexhaustible fertility of imagination , an elegance and acuteness of argument , and a ready wit , such as never appear to have been combined in one man . And it is not too much to say , that ...
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... conversation - talents as raised very high expectations from the Life which he then announced to be in a state of preparation . Mr. Boswell's acquaintance with Dr. Johnson commenced in the year 1763 , and from that time he appears to ...
... conversation - talents as raised very high expectations from the Life which he then announced to be in a state of preparation . Mr. Boswell's acquaintance with Dr. Johnson commenced in the year 1763 , and from that time he appears to ...
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... inferiority of rank . But it is more to his honour , that by his amiable manners , and intelligent conversation , he recommended himself to the special notice of some very distinguished contemporaries , of Dr. Powell 190 LIFE OF WHITEHEAD .
... inferiority of rank . But it is more to his honour , that by his amiable manners , and intelligent conversation , he recommended himself to the special notice of some very distinguished contemporaries , of Dr. Powell 190 LIFE OF WHITEHEAD .
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... conversation , must have made their hours of sickness or pain pass away with much more serenity . " The father of lord Nuneham also gave him a general invitation to his table in town , and to his delightful seat in the country , and the ...
... conversation , must have made their hours of sickness or pain pass away with much more serenity . " The father of lord Nuneham also gave him a general invitation to his table in town , and to his delightful seat in the country , and the ...
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... conversation and the suavity of his manners . His death , which took place on April 14 , 1785 , was sudden . In the spring of that year he was confined at home for some weeks by a cold and cough which affected his breast , but ...
... conversation and the suavity of his manners . His death , which took place on April 14 , 1785 , was sudden . In the spring of that year he was confined at home for some weeks by a cold and cough which affected his breast , but ...
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