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
... seems destined to hold among his brethren . Some may be admissible in a series , who would make but an indifferent figure by themselves , and it is not improbable that by perpetuating editions in this manner , the fame that has sunk in ...
... seems destined to hold among his brethren . Some may be admissible in a series , who would make but an indifferent figure by themselves , and it is not improbable that by perpetuating editions in this manner , the fame that has sunk in ...
Page 394
... 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 , the Hazle- woods , and the Brydges ' . Nor can I quit ...
... 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 , the Hazle- woods , and the Brydges ' . Nor can I quit ...
Page 402
... seems to have originally been an inscription on his tomb , signifying that he died in 1400 at the age of seventy - two . Collier fixes his death in 1440 ; but he is so generally accu- rate , that this may be supposed an errour of the ...
... seems to have originally been an inscription on his tomb , signifying that he died in 1400 at the age of seventy - two . Collier fixes his death in 1440 ; but he is so generally accu- rate , that this may be supposed an errour of the ...
Page 406
... seems to agree with the record above mentioned , and to place the date of his marriage in 1380. " Ellis's Specimens , vol . i . p . 206 . 7 His biographers say he died a member of the church of Rome . Fox claims him as a reformer . Acts ...
... seems to agree with the record above mentioned , and to place the date of his marriage in 1380. " Ellis's Specimens , vol . i . p . 206 . 7 His biographers say he died a member of the church of Rome . Fox claims him as a reformer . Acts ...
Page 408
... seem to have been in their fullest vigour . It was not long after this period that the duke of Lancaster resumed his influence at court ; but whether Chaucer was enabled to profit by this reverse , or whether he had seen too much of ...
... seem to have been in their fullest vigour . It was not long after this period that the duke of Lancaster resumed his influence at court ; but whether Chaucer was enabled to profit by this reverse , or whether he had seen too much of ...
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