An edition of The lives of the most eminent English poets: with critical observations on their works (1779)

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1781

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Printed for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Dilly, J. Dodsley, J. Wilkie, J. Robson, J. Johnson, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, E. Newbery, T. Evans, P. Elmsly, J. Ridley, R. Baldwin, G. Nicol, Leigh and Sotheby, J. Bew, N. Conant, W. Nicoll, J. Murray, S. Hayes, W. Fox, and J. Bowen

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{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'v. 1. Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret. Dorset. Stepney. Philips. Walsh'}

{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'v. 2. Dryden. Smith. Duke. King. Sprat. Halifax. Parnell. Garth. Rowe. Addison. Hughes. Sheffield'}

{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'v. 3. Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. Broome'}

{'level': 0, 'label': '', 'pagenum': '', 'title': 'v. 4. Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Young. Mallet. Akenside. Gray. Lyttelton.'}

Edition Notes

Vol. 3, p. 186 misnumbered "168."

Vol. 4 table of contents incorrectly lists "Waller" instead of Mallet.

Originally published separately as Prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the English poets. 10 v. 1779-81.

Frontispiece portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 3 microfiches : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 22140-42)

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Published in: London
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 22140-42.

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Format: Microform
Pagination: 4 v.

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL13562621M
OCLC/WorldCat: 6731073

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The lives of the most eminent English poets

with critical observations on their works

by Samuel Johnson