Crabbe

[ krab ]

noun

1. George, 1754–1832, English poet.

Crabbe

/ kræb /

noun

1. CrabbeGeorge17541832MEnglishWRITING: poet George. 1754–1832, English narrative poet, noted for his depiction of impoverished rural life in The Village (1783) and The Borough (1810)

Example Sentences

Even Crabbe's fanciful and delicate Jane might have thought without pain of sleeping here.

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Hazlitt on Crabbe and Scott is a very interesting witness on account of the principles and presuppositions employed by him.

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Crabbe, himself a type of the class, has left admirable portraits of his fellows.

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I wish you would,' said the Dean; so off I go to Crabbe's rooms.

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Like them, he boldly discarded the eighteenth-century manner, still flourishing in the hands of Crabbe.

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