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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical

Samuel Johnson (Editor), Herbert Croft
Print Book, English, 1779
Printed by J. Nichols for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland [etc.], London, 1779
Criticism, interpretation, etc
58 volumes : portraits ; 16 cm
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V.1-2. Cowley, Abraham, Poems
v.3-5. Milton, John, Poems
v.6-7. Butler, Samuel, Poems
v.8. Waller, Edmund, Poems
v.9. Denham, Sir John, Poems and translations; Sprat, Thomas, bp. of Rochester, Poems
v.10. Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, 4th earl of, Poems; Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d earl of, Poems; Yalden, Thomas, Poems
v.11. Otway, Thomas, Poems; Duke, Richard, Poems; Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl of, Poems
v.12. Halifax, Charles Montagu, earl of, Poems; Stepney, George, Poems; Walsh, William, Poems
v.13-16. Dryden, John, Poems
v.17-19. Vergilius Maro, Publius, Works of Virgil, tr. by Dryden
v.20. Garth, Sir Samuel, Poems; King, William, Poems
v.21. Philips, John, Poems; Smith, Edmund, Poems; Pomfret, John, Poems. (Cont.)
v.22. Hughes, John, Poems
v.23. Addison, Joseph, Poems
v.24. Blackmore, Sir Richard, Creation
v.25. Buckingham, John Sheffield, 1st duke of, Poems; Lansdowne, George Granville, baron, Poems
v.26. Rowe, Nicholas, Poems; Tickell, Thomas, Poems
v.27-28. Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus, Lucan's Pharsalia, tr. by Rowe
v.29 Congreve, Wm., Poems; Fenton, Elijah, Poems
v.30-31. Prior, Matthew, Poems
v.32-38. Pope, Alexander, Poems
v.39-40. Swift, Jonathan, Poems
v.41-42. Gay, John, Poems
v.43. Broome, Wm., Poems; Pitt, Christopher, Poems and translations
v.45. Savage, Richard, Poems
v.46. Watts, Isaac, Poems
v.47. Somerville, Wm., Poems
v.48-49. Thomson, Jomes, Poems; Hammond, J., Love elegies; Collins, Wm
v.50-52. Young, E
v.53. Dyer, J.; Mallet, D
v.54. Shenstone, Wm
v.55. Akenside, M
v.56. Lyttelton, G. L.; West, G., Odes of Pindar, tr. by Gray, T
v.57-58. Index to the English poets. 1780. 2 v
General t.-p. wanting in v.49