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Rossetti

[ roh-set-ee, -zet-ee, ruh- ]

noun

  1. Christina Georgina, 1830–94, English poet.
  2. her brother Dante Gabriel Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, 1828–82, English poet and painter.


Rossetti

/ rɒˈzɛtɪ /

noun

  1. RossettiChristina Georgina18301894FBritishWRITING: poet Christina Georgina . 1830–94, British poet
  2. RossettiDante Gabriel18281882MBritishWRITING: poetARTS AND CRAFTS: painter her brother, Dante Gabriel . 1828–82, British poet and painter: a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites


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Also, there was Mrs. Channing, gracious and exquisite, looking as if she had stepped out of one of Rossetti's poems.

It was to make us acquainted with these forgotten singers that Mr. Rossetti wrote some years ago his charming book.

Mr. Rossetti has performed his task in a way to deserve the warmest praise.

Christina Rossetti goes out of her way to warn us against these dangerous grey haired attachments.

As Mr. Rossetti has noted in an exquisite sonnet, his mind remained always at liberty.

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