ISBN: 9783655059890

Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874) who also wrote under the pseudonym Barry Cornwall, was an English poet. Born at Leeds, Yorkshire, he was educated at Harrow School, where he had for conte… More...

Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874) who also wrote under the pseudonym Barry Cornwall, was an English poet. Born at Leeds, Yorkshire, he was educated at Harrow School, where he had for contemporaries Lord Byron and Robert Peel. On leaving school he was placed in the office of a solicitor at Calne, Wiltshire, remaining there until about 1807, when he returned to London to study law. After his marriage in 1824 to Miss Skepper, he returned to his profession as a conveyancer, and was called to the bar Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874) who also wrote under the pseudonym Barry Cornwall, was an English poet. Born at Leeds, Yorkshire, he was educated at Harrow School, where he had for contemporaries Lord Byron and Robert Peel. On leaving school he was placed in the office of a solicitor at Calne, Wiltshire, remaining there until about 1807, when he returned to London to study law. After his marriage in 1824 to Miss Skepper, he returned to his profession as a conveyancer, and was called to the bar in 1831. Most of his verse was composed between 1815, when he began to contribute to the Literary Gazette, and 1823, or at latest 1832. His principal poetical works were: Dramatic Scenes and Other Poems (1819), A Sicilian Story (1820), Marcian Colonna (1820), Mirandola (1821), The Flood of Thessaly (1823) and English Songs (1832). He was also the author of Effigies Poetica (1824), Life of Edmund Kean (1835), Essays and Tales in Prose (1851), Charles Lamb: A Memoir (1866), and of memoirs of Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare for editions of their works. EBooks, Books~~Language Arts~~General, Charles-Lamb~~Barry-Cornwall, 999999999, Charles Lamb, Barry Cornwall, 3655059892, MVB E-Books, , , , , MVB E-Books<

ISBN: 9783655059890

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[.]it-Tendency to Literature-First Studies-Influence of Antique Dwellings-Early Friends-Humor-Qualities of Mind-Sympathy for neglected Objects-A Nonconformist-Predilections-Character-Taste- Style. The biography of CHARLES LAMB lies within a narrow compass. It comprehends only few events. His birth and parentage, and domestic sorrows; his acquaintance with remarkable men; his thoughts and habits; and his migrations from one home to another-constitute the sum and substance of [.]it-Tendency to Literature-First Studies-Influence of Antique Dwellings-Early Friends-Humor-Qualities of Mind-Sympathy for neglected Objects-A Nonconformist-Predilections-Character-Taste- Style. The biography of CHARLES LAMB lies within a narrow compass. It comprehends only few events. His birth and parentage, and domestic sorrows; his acquaintance with remarkable men; his thoughts and habits; and his migrations from one home to another-constitute the sum and substance of his almost uneventful history. It is a history with one event, predominant. For this reason, and because I, in common with many others, hold a book needlessly large to be a great evil, it is my intention to confine the present memoir within moderate limits. My aim is not to write the "Life and Times" of Charles Lamb. Indeed, Lamb had no influence on his own times. He had little or nothing in common with his generation, which was almost a stranger to him. There was no reciprocity between them. His contemplations were retrospective. He was, when[.]". EBooks, Books~~Language Arts~~General, Charles-Lamb~~Barry-Cornwall, 999999999, Charles Lamb, Barry Cornwall, 3655059892, MVB E-Books, , , , , MVB E-Books<

ISBN: 9783655059890

Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874) who also wrote under the pseudonym Barry Cornwall, was an English poet. Born at Leeds, Yorkshire, he was educated at Harrow School, where he had for conte… More...

Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874) who also wrote under the pseudonym Barry Cornwall, was an English poet. Born at Leeds, Yorkshire, he was educated at Harrow School, where he had for contemporaries Lord Byron and Robert Peel. On leaving school he was placed in the office of a solicitor at Calne, Wiltshire, remaining there until about 1807, when he returned to London to study law. After his marriage in 1824 to Miss Skepper, he returned to his profession as a conveyancer, and was called to the bar Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874) who also wrote under the pseudonym Barry Cornwall, was an English poet. Born at Leeds, Yorkshire, he was educated at Harrow School, where he had for contemporaries Lord Byron and Robert Peel. On leaving school he was placed in the office of a solicitor at Calne, Wiltshire, remaining there until about 1807, when he returned to London to study law. After his marriage in 1824 to Miss Skepper, he returned to his profession as a conveyancer, and was called to the bar in 1831. Most of his verse was composed between 1815, when he began to contribute to the Literary Gazette, and 1823, or at latest 1832. His principal poetical works were: Dramatic Scenes and Other Poems (1819), A Sicilian Story (1820), Marcian Colonna (1820), Mirandola (1821), The Flood of Thessaly (1823) and English Songs (1832). He was also the author of Effigies Poetica (1824), Life of Edmund Kean (1835), Essays and Tales in Prose (1851), Charles Lamb: A Memoir (1866), and of memoirs of Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare for editions of their works. EBooks, Books~~Language Arts~~General, Charles-Lamb~~Barry-Cornwall, , , , , , , , , , MVB E-Books<