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 402
... whole hangs together so loosely , even when rectified by Mr. Tyrwhitt's more judicious remarks , that too much caution cannot be observed in any attempt to separate matters of fact from those of conjecture . Of his birth and family ...
... whole hangs together so loosely , even when rectified by Mr. Tyrwhitt's more judicious remarks , that too much caution cannot be observed in any attempt to separate matters of fact from those of conjecture . Of his birth and family ...
Page 410
... whole , that " the language of our ancestors was complete in all its parts , and had served them for the purposes of discourse , and even of composition in various kinds , long before they had any intimate acquaintance with their French ...
... whole , that " the language of our ancestors was complete in all its parts , and had served them for the purposes of discourse , and even of composition in various kinds , long before they had any intimate acquaintance with their French ...
Page 419
... whole circle of the Aristotelic philosophy is explained ; which our lover is desirous to learn , supposing that the importance and variety of its speculations might conduce to sooth his anxieties by diverting and engaging his attention ...
... whole circle of the Aristotelic philosophy is explained ; which our lover is desirous to learn , supposing that the importance and variety of its speculations might conduce to sooth his anxieties by diverting and engaging his attention ...
Page 429
... whole been more discouraged than patronised by the public voice . Although it is impossible to lessen the censure which Skelton incurred among his contemporaries , and immediate successors , it is but fair to say that his indelicacies ...
... whole been more discouraged than patronised by the public voice . Although it is impossible to lessen the censure which Skelton incurred among his contemporaries , and immediate successors , it is but fair to say that his indelicacies ...
Page 431
... whole range of the English series a life written with less at- tention to probability . Even the few dates on which we can depend have been over- looked , with a neglect that is wholly unaccountable in men so professedly attentive to ...
... whole range of the English series a life written with less at- tention to probability . Even the few dates on which we can depend have been over- looked , with a neglect that is wholly unaccountable in men so professedly attentive to ...
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