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 394
... woods , and the Brydges ' . Nor can I quit this part of my subject without acknowledging the obligations I owe to the writings of these eminent antiquaries and critics , as well as to the personal kindness of some of them , which it was ...
... woods , and the Brydges ' . Nor can I quit this part of my subject without acknowledging the obligations I owe to the writings of these eminent antiquaries and critics , as well as to the personal kindness of some of them , which it was ...
Page 402
... Wood , in his Annals ( Vol . I. Book I , 484 ) gives a report , or rather tradition , that " when Wickliff was guardian or warden of Canterbury college , he had to his pupil the famous poet called Jeffry Chaucer ( father of Thomas ...
... Wood , in his Annals ( Vol . I. Book I , 484 ) gives a report , or rather tradition , that " when Wickliff was guardian or warden of Canterbury college , he had to his pupil the famous poet called Jeffry Chaucer ( father of Thomas ...
Page 408
... Wood , place this son under the tuition of his father's friend Nicholas Strode ( whom , however , they call Ralph ) of Merton college Oxford ; but if Wood could trace Strode no further than the year 1370 , it is impossible he could have ...
... Wood , place this son under the tuition of his father's friend Nicholas Strode ( whom , however , they call Ralph ) of Merton college Oxford ; but if Wood could trace Strode no further than the year 1370 , it is impossible he could have ...
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... Wood claims him for Oxford , although without conceiving that he was a very honourable addition to his list of worthies . The late Mr. Cole , in his collections for the Athenæ Cantabrigienses , is of opinion that he belongs to Cambridge ...
... Wood claims him for Oxford , although without conceiving that he was a very honourable addition to his list of worthies . The late Mr. Cole , in his collections for the Athenæ Cantabrigienses , is of opinion that he belongs to Cambridge ...
Page 427
... Wood asserts that he was punished by the bishop for having been guilty of certain crimes as most poets are . " According to Fuller , the “ crime of most poets " in Skelton's case was his keeping of a concubine , which yet was at that ...
... Wood asserts that he was punished by the bishop for having been guilty of certain crimes as most poets are . " According to Fuller , the “ crime of most poets " in Skelton's case was his keeping of a concubine , which yet was at that ...
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