Ulysses S Grant
Fought Robert E Lee. ‘Twas a
Famous victory.
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“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.”
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert...
✒️ #RobertSouthey, English poet (British Poet Laureate 1813-43), #DOTD 21 March 1843. #Poetry #Literature
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📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 12 March 1837, the British poet laureate #RobertSouthey wrote in reply to #CharlotteBrontë (20), charmingly informing her that "Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be." Thankfully, #Brontë had resolve.
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How an Old Woman Rode Double, and Who Rode Before Her, 1799
#RobertSouthey, Ballad, Shewing
#Devil #witch #witchcraft #illustration #art
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The Lake Poets: An Anthology, intro by James Rebanks, out 4 November. "These were the punks of their day...They came together like teenagers creating a modern band."
#WilliamWordsworth #DorothyWordsworth #SamuelTaylorColeridge #RobertSouthey #CharlesLamb
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“It is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.”
#RobertSouthey #literarybirthdays
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“Give me a room whose every nook is dedicated to a book.”
#RobertSouthey #literarybirthdays
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Good morning #booksky! 🌞
🔴 1813 Robert Southey is appointed British Poet Laureate by King George III
🔴 1915 "Of Human Bondage" by William Somerset Maugham, published
#OnThisDay #ThisDayinHistory #OTD #August12 #RobertSouthey #WilliamSomersetMaugham
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"It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn."
👑✒ #OTD in the #History of #Literature 12 August 1813, #GeorgeIII appointed #RobertSouthey as Poet Laureate. It was Southey's 39th birthday. He would be Laureate until his death in 1843.
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"Give me a room whose every nook is dedicated to a book."
Poems: allpoetry.com/Robert-Southey
✒️ #RobertSouthey, English poet, Poet Laureate (1813-43), author and biographer (Nelson), was #BOTD 12 August 1774. #Poetry #Literature
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#MonumentMonday #RobertSouthey local born #PoetLaureate. Planned as fill size on CollegeGreen but lacked funds @BristolCathedral
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“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.”
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert...
✒️ #RobertSouthey, English poet (British Poet Laureate 1813-43), #DOTD 21 March 1843. #Poetry #Literature
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📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 12 March 1837, the British poet laureate #RobertSouthey wrote in reply to #CharlotteBrontë (20), charmingly informing her that "Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be." Thankfully, #Brontë had resolve.
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#MemorialMonday #poet #RobertSouthey #BristolCathedral intended to be full statue on #CollegeGreen but fundraising fell short
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« Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the State. »
― Robert Southey
🔗 · poligraf.tumblr.com/post/7446105...
#quotes #RobertSouthey #order #mind #sanity #peace #security
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Local newspaper, #BristolLive, had an extended feature on #RobertSouthey for 250 years since his birth, in central #Bristol. Childhood homes reported as #WestburyOnTrym and with an Aunt in Bath, but no mention of conkers!
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history...
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« Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the State. »
― Robert Southey
poligraf.tumblr.com/post/7446105...
#quotes #order #sanity #peace #RobertSouthey
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