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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... young poet , and at a time when there were few regular vehicles of praise or criticism , took every opportunity of encouraging his efforts , and apprising the nation of this new addition to its literary honours . Of the poem in question ...
... young poet , and at a time when there were few regular vehicles of praise or criticism , took every opportunity of encouraging his efforts , and apprising the nation of this new addition to its literary honours . Of the poem in question ...
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... young , and had been submitted in specimens to many of his friends ' . Leonidas was first published in 1737 , in a quarto volume , consisting of nine books . Its reception was highly flattering , for in this and the following year it ...
... young , and had been submitted in specimens to many of his friends ' . Leonidas was first published in 1737 , in a quarto volume , consisting of nine books . Its reception was highly flattering , for in this and the following year it ...
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... young spirit mix'd undying sparks Of her own rapture . Book vi . 282-287 . He was desirous to be known to posterity , and when he had outlived the party who pressed his poem into their service , he corrected and improved it for a ...
... young spirit mix'd undying sparks Of her own rapture . Book vi . 282-287 . He was desirous to be known to posterity , and when he had outlived the party who pressed his poem into their service , he corrected and improved it for a ...
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... young friend of the family , afterwards general Stephens , was also put under his care , as a companion to the young nobleman in his studies , and a spur to his emulation . the Placed thus in a situation , where he could spare some ...
... young friend of the family , afterwards general Stephens , was also put under his care , as a companion to the young nobleman in his studies , and a spur to his emulation . the Placed thus in a situation , where he could spare some ...
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