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
... late origin indeed , but almost invincible , was occasioned by the extreme rarity and high price of many of the works which it would have been desirable to reprint . To professed collectors of ancient English poetry it would be ...
... late origin indeed , but almost invincible , was occasioned by the extreme rarity and high price of many of the works which it would have been desirable to reprint . To professed collectors of ancient English poetry it would be ...
Page 427
... late Mr. Cole , in his collections for the Athenæ Cantabrigienses , is of opinion that he belongs to Cambridge , partly because he alludes to his being curate of Trompington in 1507 , and mentions Swaffam and Soham , two towns in ...
... late Mr. Cole , in his collections for the Athenæ Cantabrigienses , is of opinion that he belongs to Cambridge , partly because he alludes to his being curate of Trompington in 1507 , and mentions Swaffam and Soham , two towns in ...
Page 433
... late , he had given in his coat with- out a diminution . To complete the duke of Norfolk's and his son's ruin , his duchess , who had complained of his using her ill , and had been separated from him about four years , turned informer ...
... late , he had given in his coat with- out a diminution . To complete the duke of Norfolk's and his son's ruin , his duchess , who had complained of his using her ill , and had been separated from him about four years , turned informer ...
Page 435
... late duke of Norfolk . " These heroic vanities did not , however , so totally engross the time which Surrey spent in Italy , as to alienate his mind from letters : he studied with the greatest success a critical knowledge of the Italian ...
... late duke of Norfolk . " These heroic vanities did not , however , so totally engross the time which Surrey spent in Italy , as to alienate his mind from letters : he studied with the greatest success a critical knowledge of the Italian ...
Page 439
... late earl of Surrey , and other . " Several editions of the same followed in 1565 , 1567 , 1569 , 1574 , 1585 , and 1587 . So many editions prove a degree of popularity which fell to the lot of very few poems of that age ; but after the ...
... late earl of Surrey , and other . " Several editions of the same followed in 1565 , 1567 , 1569 , 1574 , 1585 , and 1587 . So many editions prove a degree of popularity which fell to the lot of very few poems of that age ; but after the ...
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