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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... appears to very penitent letter to the Rev. James Hervey , have endeavoured to impress him with a sense of See Smollett's British Magazine , his situation . vol . v . p . 655 . P. 292. Since writing this life , I have disco - prospect ...
... appears to very penitent letter to the Rev. James Hervey , have endeavoured to impress him with a sense of See Smollett's British Magazine , his situation . vol . v . p . 655 . P. 292. Since writing this life , I have disco - prospect ...
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... appears to have increased his in- terest with his patron , who took every opportunity to promote him at court . Besides the instances already given , we are told that he was made shield - bearer to the king , a title at that time of ...
... appears to have increased his in- terest with his patron , who took every opportunity to promote him at court . Besides the instances already given , we are told that he was made shield - bearer to the king , a title at that time of ...
Page 406
... appears that this was the last political employment which Chaucer filled , although he did not cease to take an interest in the measures of his patron , the duke of Lancaster . On the accession of Richard II . in 1377 , his annuity of ...
... appears that this was the last political employment which Chaucer filled , although he did not cease to take an interest in the measures of his patron , the duke of Lancaster . On the accession of Richard II . in 1377 , his annuity of ...
Page 408
... appears now to have forsaken him , or , perhaps , indignation at the ungrateful conduct of his associates induced him to think disclosure a matter of indifference . It is certain that he complied with the terms offered ; but we are not ...
... appears now to have forsaken him , or , perhaps , indignation at the ungrateful conduct of his associates induced him to think disclosure a matter of indifference . It is certain that he complied with the terms offered ; but we are not ...
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... appear , even without the superiority of conquerors , the aborigines find it convenient to learn their language . The ... appears to have been given to this in the reign of the same sovereign ; but the proceedings in parliament , and the ...
... appear , even without the superiority of conquerors , the aborigines find it convenient to learn their language . The ... appears to have been given to this in the reign of the same sovereign ; but the proceedings in parliament , and the ...
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