Crabbe
George, 1754–1832, English poet.
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Even Crabbe's fanciful and delicate Jane might have thought without pain of sleeping here.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamHazlitt on Crabbe and Scott is a very interesting witness on account of the principles and presuppositions employed by him.
Sir Walter Scott | William Paton KerCrabbe, himself a type of the class, has left admirable portraits of his fellows.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie StephenI wish you would,' said the Dean; so off I go to Crabbe's rooms.
The Youth of Parnassus and Other Stories | Logan Pearsall SmithLike them, he boldly discarded the eighteenth-century manner, still flourishing in the hands of Crabbe.
Thomas Moore | Stephen Gwynn
British Dictionary definitions for Crabbe
/ (kræb) /
George. 1754–1832, English narrative poet, noted for his depiction of impoverished rural life in The Village (1783) and The Borough (1810)
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