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 400
... called Mainstry , on the above river , about three miles from Stirling , the oldest of which is the fourth in descent from the earl , and is a reputable farmer , and known by all the old people about that part of the country to be the ...
... called Mainstry , on the above river , about three miles from Stirling , the oldest of which is the fourth in descent from the earl , and is a reputable farmer , and known by all the old people about that part of the country to be the ...
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... called Jeffry Chaucer ( father of Thomas Chaucer of Ewelme in Oxfordshire , Esq . ) who , following the steps of his master , reflected much upon the corruptions of the clergy . " This is something like evidence , if it could be ...
... called Jeffry Chaucer ( father of Thomas Chaucer of Ewelme in Oxfordshire , Esq . ) who , following the steps of his master , reflected much upon the corruptions of the clergy . " This is something like evidence , if it could be ...
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... called John of Northampton , when about to be re - chosen mayor of London . Comberton was a reformer on Wickliff's principles , and so obnoxious on that account to the clergy , that they stirred up a commotion on his re - election ...
... called John of Northampton , when about to be re - chosen mayor of London . Comberton was a reformer on Wickliff's principles , and so obnoxious on that account to the clergy , that they stirred up a commotion on his re - election ...
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... called Chaucer's oak , may be sufficiently accounted for , without supposing that it was planted by Chaucer himself , as the castle was undoubtedly in the hands of Thomas Chaucer for many years . During his retirement in 1391 , he wrote ...
... called Chaucer's oak , may be sufficiently accounted for , without supposing that it was planted by Chaucer himself , as the castle was undoubtedly in the hands of Thomas Chaucer for many years . During his retirement in 1391 , he wrote ...
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... called in question , not only by modern but by ancient critics . The chief faults attributed to him , are the mixture of French in all his works , and his ignorance of the laws of versification . A formal discussion of these points is ...
... called in question , not only by modern but by ancient critics . The chief faults attributed to him , are the mixture of French in all his works , and his ignorance of the laws of versification . A formal discussion of these points is ...
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