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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... PRINTED BY JOHN NICHOLS ; FOR J. BUCKLAND , J. RIVINGTON AND SONS , T. PAYNE AND SON , L. DAVIS , B. WHITE AND SON , T. LONGMAN , B. LAW , J.DODSLEY , H. BALDWIN , J. ROBSON , C. DILLY , T.CADELL , J. NICHOLS , J. JOHNSON , G. G. J. AND ...
... PRINTED BY JOHN NICHOLS ; FOR J. BUCKLAND , J. RIVINGTON AND SONS , T. PAYNE AND SON , L. DAVIS , B. WHITE AND SON , T. LONGMAN , B. LAW , J.DODSLEY , H. BALDWIN , J. ROBSON , C. DILLY , T.CADELL , J. NICHOLS , J. JOHNSON , G. G. J. AND ...
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... PRINTED FOR 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 ...
... PRINTED FOR 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 ...
Page 396
... printed in 1806. Few words , however , are necessary in making this intimation . Dr. Johnson's Lives , after all the objections that have been offered , must ever be the foundation of English poetical biography . To substitute any thing ...
... printed in 1806. Few words , however , are necessary in making this intimation . Dr. Johnson's Lives , after all the objections that have been offered , must ever be the foundation of English poetical biography . To substitute any thing ...
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... printing . It is more probable that the duke had a relish for the talents and taste of Chaucer , and became his patron upon the most liberal grounds , although Chaucer might afterwards repay his favours by exposing the conduct of the ...
... printing . It is more probable that the duke had a relish for the talents and taste of Chaucer , and became his patron upon the most liberal grounds , although Chaucer might afterwards repay his favours by exposing the conduct of the ...
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... printed by Wynken de Worde , 1495 , folio , " but the existence of this is doubtful . Pynson printed two editions , the first , it is conjectured , in 1491 , and the second in 1526 , which was the first in which a collection of some ...
... printed by Wynken de Worde , 1495 , folio , " but the existence of this is doubtful . Pynson printed two editions , the first , it is conjectured , in 1491 , and the second in 1526 , which was the first in which a collection of some ...
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