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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... perhaps but two rules by which a collector of English poetry can be guided . He is either to give a series of the BEST poets , or of the most POPULAR , but simple as these rules may appear , they are not without difficulties , for ...
... perhaps but two rules by which a collector of English poetry can be guided . He is either to give a series of the BEST poets , or of the most POPULAR , but simple as these rules may appear , they are not without difficulties , for ...
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... perhaps gains strength by time , but it ought always to be remembered , that the collection was not formed by that illustrious scholar , but by his employers , who thought themselves , what they unquestionably were , the best judges of ...
... perhaps gains strength by time , but it ought always to be remembered , that the collection was not formed by that illustrious scholar , but by his employers , who thought themselves , what they unquestionably were , the best judges of ...
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... perhaps before . Mr. Tyrwhitt doubts these travels in France , and has indeed satisfactorily proved that Leland's account of Chaucer is full of inconsistencies . Leland is certainly inconsistent as to dates ; but from the evidence ...
... perhaps before . Mr. Tyrwhitt doubts these travels in France , and has indeed satisfactorily proved that Leland's account of Chaucer is full of inconsistencies . Leland is certainly inconsistent as to dates ; but from the evidence ...
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... 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 told what was the amount of his ...
... 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 told what was the amount of his ...
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... , which is always in 10 Malcolm's Londinium , vol . i . p . 149. C. " But see Mr. Ellis's chap . ii . of the Introduction to his Specimens , vol . i . p . 58. C. £ favour of the country visited , would perhaps tend LIFE OF CHAUCER . xi.
... , which is always in 10 Malcolm's Londinium , vol . i . p . 149. C. " But see Mr. Ellis's chap . ii . of the Introduction to his Specimens , vol . i . p . 58. C. £ favour of the country visited , would perhaps tend LIFE OF CHAUCER . xi.
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