Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 113 pages |
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... POET S. BY SAMUEL JOHNSON .. VOLUME THE TENTH . LONDON PRINTED BY J. NICHOLS FOR C. BATHURST , J. BUCKLAND , W. STRAHAN , J.RIVING TON AND SONS , T. DAVIES , T.PAYNE , L. DAVIS , W. OWEN , B. WHITE , S. CROWDER , T. CASLON , T. LONGMAN ...
... POET S. BY SAMUEL JOHNSON .. VOLUME THE TENTH . LONDON PRINTED BY J. NICHOLS FOR C. BATHURST , J. BUCKLAND , W. STRAHAN , J.RIVING TON AND SONS , T. DAVIES , T.PAYNE , L. DAVIS , W. OWEN , B. WHITE , S. CROWDER , T. CASLON , T. LONGMAN ...
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... Poet's father was collated to the prebend of Gillingham Minor , in the church of Sarum , by bishop . Ward . On the childishness of Ward , his duties were neceffarily performed by others . We learn from Wood , that , at a visitation of ...
... Poet's father was collated to the prebend of Gillingham Minor , in the church of Sarum , by bishop . Ward . On the childishness of Ward , his duties were neceffarily performed by others . We learn from Wood , that , at a visitation of ...
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... Poet . His fellowship of Winchester he refigned in favour of one Mr. Harris , who married his only daughter . The Dean died at Sarum , after a fhort illness , in 1705 , in the fixty - third year of his age . On the Sunday after his ...
... Poet . His fellowship of Winchester he refigned in favour of one Mr. Harris , who married his only daughter . The Dean died at Sarum , after a fhort illness , in 1705 , in the fixty - third year of his age . On the Sunday after his ...
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