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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... respect . The labour of some years in forming this collection has been exerted with an anxious desire that it may prove worthy of public favour , but at the conclusion of the task , I cannot flatter myself that I have succeeded in ...
... respect . The labour of some years in forming this collection has been exerted with an anxious desire that it may prove worthy of public favour , but at the conclusion of the task , I cannot flatter myself that I have succeeded in ...
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... respect to the NEW LIVES , a part of this work for which I am particularly responsible , they are the result of more anxious and painful research than may appear to those who do not ex- amine my authorities . In rectifying preceding ...
... respect to the NEW LIVES , a part of this work for which I am particularly responsible , they are the result of more anxious and painful research than may appear to those who do not ex- amine my authorities . In rectifying preceding ...
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... respecting the fa- mily and title of the earl of Stirling . The person who assumed that title , and fought on the side of America , in the war 1774-82 , and who died in 1783 , was no relation of our poet . The title of earl of Stirling ...
... respecting the fa- mily and title of the earl of Stirling . The person who assumed that title , and fought on the side of America , in the war 1774-82 , and who died in 1783 , was no relation of our poet . The title of earl of Stirling ...
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... the Royal - streete the corner of Kerion - lane , and was there buried , 1348. ” But neither Stowe nor Speght afford any proof that this Richard Chaucer was the father of our poet . With respect to the place of his birth , we.
... the Royal - streete the corner of Kerion - lane , and was there buried , 1348. ” But neither Stowe nor Speght afford any proof that this Richard Chaucer was the father of our poet . With respect to the place of his birth , we.
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Samuel Johnson. With respect to the place of his birth , we cannot produce better authority than his own . In his Testament of Love , he calls himself a Londoner , and speaks of the city of London as the place of his " kindly engendrure ...
Samuel Johnson. With respect to the place of his birth , we cannot produce better authority than his own . In his Testament of Love , he calls himself a Londoner , and speaks of the city of London as the place of his " kindly engendrure ...
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