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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Page 183
... Satires , with the following remarks : " Our poets , too frequently the children of idleness , too naturally the lovers of pleasure , began now to be men of the world , and affect to mingle in the dissipations . and debaucheries of the ...
... Satires , with the following remarks : " Our poets , too frequently the children of idleness , too naturally the lovers of pleasure , began now to be men of the world , and affect to mingle in the dissipations . and debaucheries of the ...
Page 189
... Satires incurred the displeasure of the guardians of the press at no long distance from this time . Mr. Headley , who has extracted many beauties from Warner , says that his tales , though often tedious , and not unfrequently indelicate ...
... Satires incurred the displeasure of the guardians of the press at no long distance from this time . Mr. Headley , who has extracted many beauties from Warner , says that his tales , though often tedious , and not unfrequently indelicate ...
Page 209
... Satires of Hall and Marston , the Epigrams of Davies , & c . were ordered for immediate conflagration by the prelates Whitgift and Bancroft ' . There are other pieces frequently ascribed to sir John Davies , which , Mr. Ritson thinks ...
... Satires of Hall and Marston , the Epigrams of Davies , & c . were ordered for immediate conflagration by the prelates Whitgift and Bancroft ' . There are other pieces frequently ascribed to sir John Davies , which , Mr. Ritson thinks ...
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... Satires , but in his amorous verses , where nature only should reign , and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy , when he should engage their hearts , and entertain them with the softnesses of love ...
... Satires , but in his amorous verses , where nature only should reign , and perplexes the minds of the fair sex with nice speculations of philosophy , when he should engage their hearts , and entertain them with the softnesses of love ...
Page 221
... Satires were published in 1597 and 1598 , in the following order : Virgidemiarum ' , Sixe Bookes . First Three Bookes of Tooth - less Satyrs : 1. Poetical ; 2. Academicall ; 3. Moral ; printed by T. Creede for R. Dexter . The Three last ...
... Satires were published in 1597 and 1598 , in the following order : Virgidemiarum ' , Sixe Bookes . First Three Bookes of Tooth - less Satyrs : 1. Poetical ; 2. Academicall ; 3. Moral ; printed by T. Creede for R. Dexter . The Three last ...
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