Swinburne
[swin-bern]
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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.
Jonathan Bate argues in the TLS that Swinburne was a master metrician as well as a pioneer in changing sexual attitudes.
Historical Examples of swinburne
Browning jeered at this belief, to be in turn contradicted by Swinburne.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
He is, as Swinburne says, helmsman and chief: he is literally the Man at the Wheel.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
Another Laus Veneris to another Swinburne might suggest itself.
The Book of KhalidAmeen 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 WollstonecraftElizabeth Robins Pennell
Swinburne
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