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 429
... excellent a critic . " Skelton's characteristic vein of humour is capricious and grotesque . If his whim- sical extravagancies ever move our laughter , at the same time they shock our sensibility . His festive levities are not only ...
... excellent a critic . " Skelton's characteristic vein of humour is capricious and grotesque . If his whim- sical extravagancies ever move our laughter , at the same time they shock our sensibility . His festive levities are not only ...
Page 451
... excellent letters , sonets , Lays , Ballets , Rondlets , Verlays and verses . Fourthly , diuers excellent deuises of sundry Gentlemen . Fifthly , certayne deuises of master Gascoyne , conteyning his anothamie , his arrignement , his ...
... excellent letters , sonets , Lays , Ballets , Rondlets , Verlays and verses . Fourthly , diuers excellent deuises of sundry Gentlemen . Fifthly , certayne deuises of master Gascoyne , conteyning his anothamie , his arrignement , his ...
Page 455
... excellent Majestie , 1576. Mr. Beloe has printed the dedication , and a specimen of this poem in his Anecdotes of Literature and scarce Books ; and most readers will probably think that more is unnecessary . A REMEMBRAVNCE of the wel ...
... excellent Majestie , 1576. Mr. Beloe has printed the dedication , and a specimen of this poem in his Anecdotes of Literature and scarce Books ; and most readers will probably think that more is unnecessary . A REMEMBRAVNCE of the wel ...
Page 174
... excellent tutor made considerable improvement in academical studies . He left the university , however , without taking a degree , and pursued the study of history and poetry , under the pa- tronage of the earl of Pembroke's family ...
... excellent tutor made considerable improvement in academical studies . He left the university , however , without taking a degree , and pursued the study of history and poetry , under the pa- tronage of the earl of Pembroke's family ...
Page 213
... excellent character of his son - in - law was so often represented to him , that he could no longer resist the intended consequences of such applications . He condescended therefore to permit the young couple to live together , and ...
... excellent character of his son - in - law was so often represented to him , that he could no longer resist the intended consequences of such applications . He condescended therefore to permit the young couple to live together , and ...
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