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 |
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... LONDON : PRINTED BY JOHN NICHOLS ; FOR J. BUCKLAND , J. RIVINGTON AND SONS , T. PAYNE AND SON , L. DAVIS , B. WHITE AND SON , T. LONGMAN , B. LAW , J.DODSLEY , H. BALDWIN , J. ROBSON , C. DILLY , T.CADELL , J. NICHOLS , J. JOHNSON ...
... LONDON : PRINTED BY JOHN NICHOLS ; FOR J. BUCKLAND , J. RIVINGTON AND SONS , T. PAYNE AND SON , L. DAVIS , B. WHITE AND SON , T. LONGMAN , B. LAW , J.DODSLEY , H. BALDWIN , J. ROBSON , C. DILLY , T.CADELL , J. NICHOLS , J. JOHNSON ...
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... LONDON : PRINTED FOR 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 ...
... LONDON : PRINTED FOR 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 ...
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Samuel Johnson. C. WHITTINGHAM , Printe¡ , Goswell - Street , London . PREFACE . THE Preface to a collection like the present.
Samuel Johnson. C. WHITTINGHAM , Printe¡ , Goswell - Street , London . PREFACE . THE Preface to a collection like the present.
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... not be found destitute of candour , or improperly interfering with the general and acknowledged principles of taste . A. C. London , Nov. 1809 . GENERAL INDEX OF NAMES . ADDISON AKENSIDE ARMSTRONG . BEATTIE X PREFACE .
... not be found destitute of candour , or improperly interfering with the general and acknowledged principles of taste . A. C. London , Nov. 1809 . GENERAL INDEX OF NAMES . ADDISON AKENSIDE ARMSTRONG . BEATTIE X PREFACE .
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... London Chro- nicle , Oct. 1776 , and signed GENEALOGIST . Beatson says , I know not upon what authority , that the title was not extinct until 1759 . VOL . XV . WILLIAM THOMSON . P. 4. According to Mr. Isaac Reed's MS . obi- tuary , now ...
... London Chro- nicle , Oct. 1776 , and signed GENEALOGIST . Beatson says , I know not upon what authority , that the title was not extinct until 1759 . VOL . XV . WILLIAM THOMSON . P. 4. According to Mr. Isaac Reed's MS . obi- tuary , now ...
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