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
... soon discovered that some limits must be set to such a collection ; that it would be in vain to attempt to revive authors whom no person would read , and to fill thousands of pages with discarded prolixities , merely because they charac ...
... soon discovered that some limits must be set to such a collection ; that it would be in vain to attempt to revive authors whom no person would read , and to fill thousands of pages with discarded prolixities , merely because they charac ...
Page 404
... soon after his marriage , and on his decease his lady returned to the duke's family , and was appointed governess of his children . While in this capacity she yielded to the duke's solicitations , and became his mistress . She had a ...
... soon after his marriage , and on his decease his lady returned to the duke's family , and was appointed governess of his children . While in this capacity she yielded to the duke's solicitations , and became his mistress . She had a ...
Page 408
... soon exhausted his stock . In the meantime , the partizans of his cause , whom he left at home , contrived to make their peace , not only without endeavouring to procure a pardon for him , but without aiding him in his exile , where he ...
... soon exhausted his stock . In the meantime , the partizans of his cause , whom he left at home , contrived to make their peace , not only without endeavouring to procure a pardon for him , but without aiding him in his exile , where he ...
Page 410
... soon become a matter of interest in the people to acquire it . We uniformly find that where new settlers appear , even without the superiority of conquerors , the aborigines find it convenient to learn their language . The history of ...
... soon become a matter of interest in the people to acquire it . We uniformly find that where new settlers appear , even without the superiority of conquerors , the aborigines find it convenient to learn their language . The history of ...
Page 431
... soon after , writing over to the king's council , that as the enemy had cast much larger cannon than had been yet seen , with which they imagined they should soon demolish Boulogne , it deserved consideration whether the lower town ...
... soon after , writing over to the king's council , that as the enemy had cast much larger cannon than had been yet seen , with which they imagined they should soon demolish Boulogne , it deserved consideration whether the lower town ...
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