A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland: Comprising Literary Memoirs and Anecdotes of Their Lives, and a Chronological Register of Their Publications, with the Number of Editions Printed; Including Notices of Some Foreign Writers Whose Works Have Been Occasionally Published in EnglandH. Colburn, 1816 - 449 pagina's |
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Pagina vii
... must be of incalculable benefit to AUTHORS , BOOKSELLERS , and the PUBLIC . The literary industry of the former is here exhibited in a conspicuous point of view , and many of those pieces which perhaps are regarded by PREFACE . iiv.
... must be of incalculable benefit to AUTHORS , BOOKSELLERS , and the PUBLIC . The literary industry of the former is here exhibited in a conspicuous point of view , and many of those pieces which perhaps are regarded by PREFACE . iiv.
Pagina viii
... pieces which perhaps are regarded by the writer with parental affection as among his best efforts , but which by some means or other have been neglected , will stand a chance of attracting the attention of those who are best qualified ...
... pieces which perhaps are regarded by the writer with parental affection as among his best efforts , but which by some means or other have been neglected , will stand a chance of attracting the attention of those who are best qualified ...
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... Pieces in Prose , ( written in conjunction with his sister , Mrs. Barbauld , ) 8vo . 1773.-Cn. Julii Agri . colæ Vita , scriptore C. Corn . Tacito , with a Transla- tion , 8vo . 1774. - Specimen of the Medical Biography of Gr . Britain ...
... Pieces in Prose , ( written in conjunction with his sister , Mrs. Barbauld , ) 8vo . 1773.-Cn. Julii Agri . colæ Vita , scriptore C. Corn . Tacito , with a Transla- tion , 8vo . 1774. - Specimen of the Medical Biography of Gr . Britain ...
Pagina 8
... pieces not printed , he has written : Auld Robin Gray , Mus . Ent . 8vo . 1791. - The Ship- wreck , a com . op . 12mo . 1796. - The Creole , or Haunt ed Island , nov . 3 v . 12mo . 1796. - The Veteran Tar , com . op . 8vo . 1801. - Foul ...
... pieces not printed , he has written : Auld Robin Gray , Mus . Ent . 8vo . 1791. - The Ship- wreck , a com . op . 12mo . 1796. - The Creole , or Haunt ed Island , nov . 3 v . 12mo . 1796. - The Veteran Tar , com . op . 8vo . 1801. - Foul ...
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... pieces in the Poetical Re- the Rev. J. Price . gister , this lady has written , Physician to the Manchester ... Pieces , in Prose , ( in association with Dr. Aikin , ) 8vo . 1773. - Devo tional Pieces compiled from the Psalms and the two ...
... pieces in the Poetical Re- the Rev. J. Price . gister , this lady has written , Physician to the Manchester ... Pieces , in Prose , ( in association with Dr. Aikin , ) 8vo . 1773. - Devo tional Pieces compiled from the Psalms and the two ...
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