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
... readers , but students of poetry , ( a class which seems to be increasing ) more ample gratification must be derived from the libraries of the collectors , and from the labours of the Wartons , the Ritsons , the Ellis's , the Parks ...
... readers , but students of poetry , ( a class which seems to be increasing ) more ample gratification must be derived from the libraries of the collectors , and from the labours of the Wartons , the Ritsons , the Ellis's , the Parks ...
Page 410
... reader is referred to Mr. Tyrwhitt's very elaborate essay on the language and versification of Chaucer , prefixed to his edition of the Canterbury Tales . It appears , upon the whole , that " the language of our ancestors was complete ...
... reader is referred to Mr. Tyrwhitt's very elaborate essay on the language and versification of Chaucer , prefixed to his edition of the Canterbury Tales . It appears , upon the whole , that " the language of our ancestors was complete ...
Page 414
... readers to whom poets must look for universal reputation . Poetry is the art of pleasing ; but pleasure , as generally understood , admits of very little that deserves the name of study . 1 $ Gent Mag . May 1830. PI p . LIFE OF CHAUCER .
... readers to whom poets must look for universal reputation . Poetry is the art of pleasing ; but pleasure , as generally understood , admits of very little that deserves the name of study . 1 $ Gent Mag . May 1830. PI p . LIFE OF CHAUCER .
Page 427
... vol . i . p . 83. where the reader will find a very useful appendix to Mr. Warton's discoveries on the nature of the office of laureat . C. Skelton appears to have been a more considerable personage , 225 LIFE OF SKELTON .
... vol . i . p . 83. where the reader will find a very useful appendix to Mr. Warton's discoveries on the nature of the office of laureat . C. Skelton appears to have been a more considerable personage , 225 LIFE OF SKELTON .
Page 429
... reader , Mr. Ritson has given a list of pieces , the most of which are easily accessible , and might have been added to the present collection had they appeared to throw any important light on the character of the author , or of his age ...
... reader , Mr. Ritson has given a list of pieces , the most of which are easily accessible , and might have been added to the present collection had they appeared to throw any important light on the character of the author , or of his age ...
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