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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... means prepossessing , whose person was forbidding , whose voice was rough , inharmonious and terrifying , whose temper was frequently harsh and overbearing ; that such a man should have forced his way into the society of a greater ...
... means prepossessing , whose person was forbidding , whose voice was rough , inharmonious and terrifying , whose temper was frequently harsh and overbearing ; that such a man should have forced his way into the society of a greater ...
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... means which will not soon be repeated , that the life of a mere scholar may be rendered more instructive , more entertaining , and more interesting , than that of any other human being . And although the " confidence of private conversa ...
... means which will not soon be repeated , that the life of a mere scholar may be rendered more instructive , more entertaining , and more interesting , than that of any other human being . And although the " confidence of private conversa ...
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... mean Mr. Pope and Mr. Glover . The first of these has no superior , if an equal , in all the various parts of poetry , to which his elegant and extensive genius has applied itself , no , not among the greatest of the ancients . But an ...
... mean Mr. Pope and Mr. Glover . The first of these has no superior , if an equal , in all the various parts of poetry , to which his elegant and extensive genius has applied itself , no , not among the greatest of the ancients . But an ...
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... means of obviating some misconstructions , I shall , however , avoid to dwell on the memory of a loss so recent , so justly and so universally lamented . " Permit me now to remind you , that when placed by these means in a light not ...
... means of obviating some misconstructions , I shall , however , avoid to dwell on the memory of a loss so recent , so justly and so universally lamented . " Permit me now to remind you , that when placed by these means in a light not ...
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... mean comparisons ; there are many words , likewise , introduced , which are too familiar for heroic poetry , as forestall , uncomfortable , acquiescence , obtuse , exemplified , me- ritorious , absurdity , superfluous , timber ...
... mean comparisons ; there are many words , likewise , introduced , which are too familiar for heroic poetry , as forestall , uncomfortable , acquiescence , obtuse , exemplified , me- ritorious , absurdity , superfluous , timber ...
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