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 439
... play upon op- posite sentiments , into a track of tenderness , simplicity , and nature . Petrarch would have been a better poet had he been a worse scholar ; our author's mind was not too much overlaid by learning . " The translation of ...
... play upon op- posite sentiments , into a track of tenderness , simplicity , and nature . Petrarch would have been a better poet had he been a worse scholar ; our author's mind was not too much overlaid by learning . " The translation of ...
Page 443
... playing in his usual way upon words , but unfortunately upon words which are not to be found in the Athenæ . See Misc . Antiquities , p . 18. note , and compare with Wood , vol . i . col . 57. C. 5 " Drayton , in his Verses to Master ...
... playing in his usual way upon words , but unfortunately upon words which are not to be found in the Athenæ . See Misc . Antiquities , p . 18. note , and compare with Wood , vol . i . col . 57. C. 5 " Drayton , in his Verses to Master ...
Page 449
... playing his zeal and courage , when the prince rewarded him with 300 guilders beyond his regular pay , and a promise of future promotion . He was , however , surprised soon after by 3000 Spaniards when commanding , under captain ...
... playing his zeal and courage , when the prince rewarded him with 300 guilders beyond his regular pay , and a promise of future promotion . He was , however , surprised soon after by 3000 Spaniards when commanding , under captain ...
Page 455
... play , in the third volume of the History of Poetry , remarks that " so sudden were the changes or the re- finements of our language , that in the second edition of this play , printed again with Gascoigne's poems in 1587 , it was ...
... play , in the third volume of the History of Poetry , remarks that " so sudden were the changes or the re- finements of our language , that in the second edition of this play , printed again with Gascoigne's poems in 1587 , it was ...
Page 457
... play his parte : Whose tale attend , for once the same is true , Yea Whetston thou , has knowen my hidden hart And therefore I conjure thee to defend : ( When I am dead ) my life and godly end . I suspect some inaccuracy in transcribing ...
... play his parte : Whose tale attend , for once the same is true , Yea Whetston thou , has knowen my hidden hart And therefore I conjure thee to defend : ( When I am dead ) my life and godly end . I suspect some inaccuracy in transcribing ...
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