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
... person would read , and to fill thousands of pages with discarded prolixities , merely because they charac- terized the dulness of the age in which they were tolerated . It was also discovered , that the plan of giving entire works ...
... person would read , and to fill thousands of pages with discarded prolixities , merely because they charac- terized the dulness of the age in which they were tolerated . It was also discovered , that the plan of giving entire works ...
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... person who assumed that title , and fought on the side of America , in the war 1774-82 , and who died in 1783 , was no relation of our poet . The title of earl of Stirling has been extinct since 1641 , when the poet died . His corpse ...
... person who assumed that title , and fought on the side of America , in the war 1774-82 , and who died in 1783 , was no relation of our poet . The title of earl of Stirling has been extinct since 1641 , when the poet died . His corpse ...
Page 402
... persons in trade . Even the meaning of his name in French , chaucier , a shoemaker , has been brought in evidence of a low origin , while the mention of the name Chaucer , in several records , from the time of William the Conqueror to ...
... persons in trade . Even the meaning of his name in French , chaucier , a shoemaker , has been brought in evidence of a low origin , while the mention of the name Chaucer , in several records , from the time of William the Conqueror to ...
Page 404
... person , and not by his substitute . " The inferences , how- ever , which Mr. Tyrwhitt draws from this fact , viz . " that his majesty was either totally insensible of our author's poetical talents , or at least had no mind to encourage ...
... person , and not by his substitute . " The inferences , how- ever , which Mr. Tyrwhitt draws from this fact , viz . " that his majesty was either totally insensible of our author's poetical talents , or at least had no mind to encourage ...
Page 404
... person , he very early attached himself to the service of the celebrated John of Gaunt , duke of Lancaster , and from this connection his public life is to be dated . The author of the life prefixed to Urry's edition observes that the ...
... person , he very early attached himself to the service of the celebrated John of Gaunt , duke of Lancaster , and from this connection his public life is to be dated . The author of the life prefixed to Urry's edition observes that the ...
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