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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... produced more sentiment than description . In 1777 , he was engaged by the London booksellers to write short lives or prefa- ces to an edition of the English poets , and this being one of the most important of his literary undertakings ...
... produced more sentiment than description . In 1777 , he was engaged by the London booksellers to write short lives or prefa- ces to an edition of the English poets , and this being one of the most important of his literary undertakings ...
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... produced by this extraordinary book . When it was determined to discard sir John Hawkins's Life of Johnson , application was made to Mr. Murphy to furnish another to be prefixed to the second edition of the works 5 British Essayists ...
... produced by this extraordinary book . When it was determined to discard sir John Hawkins's Life of Johnson , application was made to Mr. Murphy to furnish another to be prefixed to the second edition of the works 5 British Essayists ...
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... produced , if he had devoted himself to the Muses , it is not easy to determine . That he had not the essentials of a poet of the higher order must , I think , be allowed ; but as a moral poet , his acknowledged pieces stand in a very ...
... produced , if he had devoted himself to the Muses , it is not easy to determine . That he had not the essentials of a poet of the higher order must , I think , be allowed ; but as a moral poet , his acknowledged pieces stand in a very ...
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... produce . And I cannot help congratulating my own , that after having in the last age brought forth a Milton , she has in this produced two more such poets , as we have the happiness to see flourish now together , I mean Mr. Pope and Mr ...
... produce . And I cannot help congratulating my own , that after having in the last age brought forth a Milton , she has in this produced two more such poets , as we have the happiness to see flourish now together , I mean Mr. Pope and Mr ...
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... began to try his talents in dramatic composition , and produced the tra- gedy of Boadicea , which was performed for nine nights at Drury Lane theatre . Dr. 86 Pemberton , with his accustomed zeal wrote a pamphlet LIFE OF GLOVER . 7.
... began to try his talents in dramatic composition , and produced the tra- gedy of Boadicea , which was performed for nine nights at Drury Lane theatre . Dr. 86 Pemberton , with his accustomed zeal wrote a pamphlet LIFE OF GLOVER . 7.
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