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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... elegant and acute of all his compositions . But as an il- lustrator of the obscurities of Shakspeare , it must be allowed he has not done much , nor was this a study for which he was eminently qualified . He was never happy when obliged ...
... elegant and acute of all his compositions . But as an il- lustrator of the obscurities of Shakspeare , it must be allowed he has not done much , nor was this a study for which he was eminently qualified . He was never happy when obliged ...
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... elegant and uni- form edition of The English Poets should be printed , with a concise account of the life of each author by Dr. Samuel Johnson , and that Messrs . Strahan , Cadell and . Davies , should wait upon him with their proposals ...
... elegant and uni- form edition of The English Poets should be printed , with a concise account of the life of each author by Dr. Samuel Johnson , and that Messrs . Strahan , Cadell and . Davies , should wait upon him with their proposals ...
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... elegance . Where can we hope to find discussions that can be com- pared with those introduced in the lives of Cowley , Milton , Dryden and Pope ? His abhorrence indeed of Milton's political conduct led him to details and obser- vations ...
... elegance . Where can we hope to find discussions that can be com- pared with those introduced in the lives of Cowley , Milton , Dryden and Pope ? His abhorrence indeed of Milton's political conduct led him to details and obser- vations ...
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... 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 whatever opinion was entertained by those who knew him only in his writings , it never ...
... 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 whatever opinion was entertained by those who knew him only in his writings , it never ...
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... elegance of versification , but are perhaps su- perior to any compositions of the kind in our language . His Irene is ... elegant and manly address . His odes are defective in imagination and description ; he always undervalued this ...
... elegance of versification , but are perhaps su- perior to any compositions of the kind in our language . His Irene is ... elegant and manly address . His odes are defective in imagination and description ; he always undervalued this ...
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