Swinburne

[swin-bern]

noun

Algernon Charles,1837–1909, English poet and critic.

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Contemporary Examples of swinburne

For Swinburne, there are physical signs that a God made everything else, and that is that.
“Why Does the World Exist?” by Jim Holt: Review
Anthony Gottlieb
July 17, 2012
Jonathan Bate argues in the TLS that Swinburne was a master metrician as well as a pioneer in changing sexual attitudes.
Best of Brit Lit
Peter Stothard
July 9, 2009

Historical Examples of swinburne

Browning jeered at this belief, to be in turn contradicted by Swinburne.
The Man Shakespeare
Frank Harris
He is, as Swinburne says, helmsman and chief: he is literally the Man at the Wheel.
Alarms and Discursions
G. K. Chesterton
Another Laus Veneris to another Swinburne might suggest itself.
The Book of Khalid
Ameen Rihani
I'll never forget his face, as he got down at Swinburne's Hotel.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2)
Charles Lever
As Swinburne says of Blake, she was born into the church of rebels.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Elizabeth Robins Pennell

British Dictionary definitions for swinburne

Swinburne

noun

Algernon Charles. 1837–1909, English lyric poet and critic

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