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 392
... poetical criticism , and all the partialities of individual taste , an editor must pause before he venture on a decision from which the appeals will be numerous and obstinately contested . On the other hand , he will not find much more ...
... poetical criticism , and all the partialities of individual taste , an editor must pause before he venture on a decision from which the appeals will be numerous and obstinately contested . On the other hand , he will not find much more ...
Page 394
... poetical taste and style , and probably more than sufficient to gratify the curiosity of those who do not wish to pursue the study of poetical antiquities in all its branches . By those who have that taste , and who are not only readers ...
... poetical taste and style , and probably more than sufficient to gratify the curiosity of those who do not wish to pursue the study of poetical antiquities in all its branches . By those who have that taste , and who are not only readers ...
Page 396
... poetical biography . To substitute any thing in their room would be an attempt , by the ablest , hazardous , and by inferior pens , ridiculous . With respect to the NEW LIVES , a part of this work for which I am particularly responsible ...
... poetical biography . To substitute any thing in their room would be an attempt , by the ablest , hazardous , and by inferior pens , ridiculous . With respect to the NEW LIVES , a part of this work for which I am particularly responsible ...
Page 404
... poetical talents , although it is almost certain that he had distinguished himself , as a poet , before this time . The Assemblee of Foules , the Complaint of the Blacke Knight , and the translation of the Roman de la Rose , were all ...
... poetical talents , although it is almost certain that he had distinguished himself , as a poet , before this time . The Assemblee of Foules , the Complaint of the Blacke Knight , and the translation of the Roman de la Rose , were all ...
Page 417
... poetical history , the name of Gower has been handed down to us with peculiar honour , as fit to be coupled with that of Chaucer , to whom some have supposed he was prior in his attempt to meliorate our poetry , and others have asserted ...
... poetical history , the name of Gower has been handed down to us with peculiar honour , as fit to be coupled with that of Chaucer , to whom some have supposed he was prior in his attempt to meliorate our poetry , and others have asserted ...
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