Lives of the English Poets - From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of - Johnson's Lives by Henry Francis Cary
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different times, formed schemes of a great many more, of which the
following catalogue was given by him to Mr. Langton, and by that gentleman presented to his Majesty. _Divinity_. A small Book of Precepts and Directions for Piety; the hint taken from the directions in Morton's exercise. _Philosophy, History, and Literature in general._ History of Criticism, as it relates to judging of authors, from Aristotle to the present age. An account of the rise and improvements of that art: of the different opinions of authors, ancient and modern. Translation of the History of Herodian. New Edition of Fairfax's Translation of Tasso, with notes, glossary, &c. Chaucer, a new edition of him, from manuscripts and old editions, with various readings, conjectures, remarks on his language, and the changes it had undergone from the earliest times to his age, and from his to the present; with notes, explanatory of customs, &c. and references to Boccace, and other authors from whom he has borrowed, with an account of the liberties he has taken in telling the stories; his life, and an exact etymological glossary. Aristotle's Rhetoric, a translation of it into English. A Collection of Letters, translated from the modern writers, with some |
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