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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... TRANSLATIONS . THE ADDITIONAL LIVES BY ALEXANDER CHALMERS , F. S. A. IN TWENTY - ONE VOLUMES . VOL . I. CHAUCER . LONDON : PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON ; J. NICHOLS AND SON ; R. BALDWIN ; F. AND C. RIVINGTON ; W. OTRIDGE AND SON ; LEIGH AND ...
... TRANSLATIONS . THE ADDITIONAL LIVES BY ALEXANDER CHALMERS , F. S. A. IN TWENTY - ONE VOLUMES . VOL . I. CHAUCER . LONDON : PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON ; J. NICHOLS AND SON ; R. BALDWIN ; F. AND C. RIVINGTON ; W. OTRIDGE AND SON ; LEIGH AND ...
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... TRANSLATIONS . FAWKES'S APOLLONIUS RHODIUS . COLUTHUS . ANACREON . SAPPHO . BION AND MOSCHUS . MUSEUS . GARTH'S OVID . LEWIS ' STATIUS . COOKE'S HESIOD . VOL . XX . VOL . XXI . ROWE'S LUCAN . GRAINGER'S TIBULLUS . HOOLE'S ARIOSTO ...
... TRANSLATIONS . FAWKES'S APOLLONIUS RHODIUS . COLUTHUS . ANACREON . SAPPHO . BION AND MOSCHUS . MUSEUS . GARTH'S OVID . LEWIS ' STATIUS . COOKE'S HESIOD . VOL . XX . VOL . XXI . ROWE'S LUCAN . GRAINGER'S TIBULLUS . HOOLE'S ARIOSTO ...
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... translation of Marmontel's Tales with that of C. Denis . COOPER . P. 503 , for Thurgaton , read Thurgarton , bis . VOL . XVI , SMART . P. 10. Poor Smart's custom of praying in the streets was very common . My friend , Mr. Nichols , THE ...
... translation of Marmontel's Tales with that of C. Denis . COOPER . P. 503 , for Thurgaton , read Thurgarton , bis . VOL . XVI , SMART . P. 10. Poor Smart's custom of praying in the streets was very common . My friend , Mr. Nichols , THE ...
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... translation of the Roman de la Rose , were all composed before 1367 , the era which we are now considering . What ... translate it , might be held even by per- sons of the highest rank , because the only science then in request among the ...
... translation of the Roman de la Rose , were all composed before 1367 , the era which we are now considering . What ... translate it , might be held even by per- sons of the highest rank , because the only science then in request among the ...
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... translation . The language , therefore , in use in Chaucer's days , among the upper classes , and by all that would be thought learned , was a Norman - Saxon dialect , introduced by the influx and influence of a court of foreigners ...
... translation . The language , therefore , in use in Chaucer's days , among the upper classes , and by all that would be thought learned , was a Norman - Saxon dialect , introduced by the influx and influence of a court of foreigners ...
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