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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... line 33 , for it read them . VOL . V. ALEXANDER , EARL OF STIRLING . VOL . XIV . CHURCHILL . P. 267 , line 3 from the bottom , dele the comma after " Churchill's next " & c . FALCONER . P. 384 , line 7 , for always read often . BOYSE ...
... line 33 , for it read them . VOL . V. ALEXANDER , EARL OF STIRLING . VOL . XIV . CHURCHILL . P. 267 , line 3 from the bottom , dele the comma after " Churchill's next " & c . FALCONER . P. 384 , line 7 , for always read often . BOYSE ...
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... line 18 , for between place , read place between . line 19 , for serving , read served . VOL . XVIII . T. WARTON . P. 77 , lines 5 and 6 , for Aristotle , read Ariosto . The " Guide to the Companion , " ascribed to Mr. Warton , I have ...
... line 18 , for between place , read place between . line 19 , for serving , read served . VOL . XVIII . T. WARTON . P. 77 , lines 5 and 6 , for Aristotle , read Ariosto . The " Guide to the Companion , " ascribed to Mr. Warton , I have ...
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... lines " Gode Counsaile of Chaucer , " are said to have been made by him when on his death - bed , and in great anguish . It seems generally agreed that he died Oct. 25 , 1400 , and was buried in Westminster Abbey , in the great south ...
... lines " Gode Counsaile of Chaucer , " are said to have been made by him when on his death - bed , and in great anguish . It seems generally agreed that he died Oct. 25 , 1400 , and was buried in Westminster Abbey , in the great south ...
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... lines in the Saxon Chronicle upon the death of William the Conqueror , and a short canticle , which , according to Matthew Paris , the blessed Virgin was pleased to dictate to Godric , an hermit near Durham . In the time of Henry II ...
... lines in the Saxon Chronicle upon the death of William the Conqueror , and a short canticle , which , according to Matthew Paris , the blessed Virgin was pleased to dictate to Godric , an hermit near Durham . In the time of Henry II ...
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... lines which I do not exactly comprehend . VOL . II . BALADE XXXVI . Pour comparer ce jolif temps de Maij . Ieo dirrai semblable a Paradis : Car lors chantoit et merle et papegai , Les champs sont vert , les herbes sont floris : Lors est ...
... lines which I do not exactly comprehend . VOL . II . BALADE XXXVI . Pour comparer ce jolif temps de Maij . Ieo dirrai semblable a Paradis : Car lors chantoit et merle et papegai , Les champs sont vert , les herbes sont floris : Lors est ...
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