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 412
... published . There is an interleaved copy of Urry's edition in the British Museum , presented by Mr. William Thomas , a brother of Dr. J. Thomas 16 who furnished the preface , and the 16 Rector of Presteigne in Radnorshire . A large ...
... published . There is an interleaved copy of Urry's edition in the British Museum , presented by Mr. William Thomas , a brother of Dr. J. Thomas 16 who furnished the preface , and the 16 Rector of Presteigne in Radnorshire . A large ...
Page 417
... published after the accession of Henry IV . the verses in praise of Chaucer ( fol . 190. b . col . 1. ed . 1532. ) are omitted . See MS . Harl . 3869. Though perhaps the death of Chaucer at that time had rendered the compliment ...
... published after the accession of Henry IV . the verses in praise of Chaucer ( fol . 190. b . col . 1. ed . 1532. ) are omitted . See MS . Harl . 3869. Though perhaps the death of Chaucer at that time had rendered the compliment ...
Page 431
... published a challenge against all who should dispute her beauty : which challenge being accepted , he came off victorious . For this approved va- lour , the duke of Florence made him large offers to stay with him ; but he refused them ...
... published a challenge against all who should dispute her beauty : which challenge being accepted , he came off victorious . For this approved va- lour , the duke of Florence made him large offers to stay with him ; but he refused them ...
Page 433
... published a defiance against any person who could handle a lance , and was in love , whether Chris- tian , Jew , Turk , Saracen or Cannibal , who should presume to dispute the superiority of Geraldine's beauty : as the lady was ...
... published a defiance against any person who could handle a lance , and was in love , whether Chris- tian , Jew , Turk , Saracen or Cannibal , who should presume to dispute the superiority of Geraldine's beauty : as the lady was ...
Page 439
... published in 1557 ; but it seems doubtful whether together or separately . The translations of the Psalms , Ecclesiastes , and the few additional original poems were printed 10 , but not published , many years ago , by Dr. Percy , from ...
... published in 1557 ; but it seems doubtful whether together or separately . The translations of the Psalms , Ecclesiastes , and the few additional original poems were printed 10 , but not published , many years ago , by Dr. Percy , from ...
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