Winthrop Mackworth Praed
Who is Winthrop Mackworth Praed
Winthrop Mackworth Praed (28 July 1802 – 15 July 1839)—typically written as W. Mackworth Praed—was an English politician and poet.
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Early life
Praed was born in London, United Kingdom. The family name of Praed was derived from the marriage of the poet's great-grandfather to a Cornish heiress. Winthrop's father, William Mackworth Praed, was a serjeant-at-law (1756–1835) and revising barrister for Bath. His mother belonged to the English branch of the New England family of Winthrop.In 1814 Praed was sent to Eton College, where he founded a manuscript periodical called Apis matina. This was succeeded in October 1820 by the Etonian, a paper projected and edited by Praed and Walter Blount, which appeared every month until July 1821, when the ...
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Winthrop Mackworth Praed Poems
- Belle Of The Ball, The
Years, years ago, ere yet my dreams
Had been of being wise and witty,
Ere I had done with writing themes,
Or yawn'd o'er this infernal Chitty;
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- Everyday Characters Iv - My Partner
'There is, perhaps, no subject of more universal interest in the whole range of natural knowledge, than that of the unceasing fluctuations which take place in the atmosphere in which we are immersed.'
-- British Almanack.
At Cheltenham, where one drinks one's fill
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- Everyday Characters I - The Vicar
Some years ago, ere time and taste
Had turned our parish topsy-turvy,
When Darnel Park was Darnel Waste,
And roads as little known as scurvy,
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- Everyday Characters Ii - Quince
Fallentis semita vit*. â?? Hor.
Near a small village in the West,
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- A Letter Of Advice
You tell me you're promised a lover,
My own Araminta, next week;
Why cannot my fancy discover
The hue of his coat, and his cheek?
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Comments about Winthrop Mackworth Praed
- Tracyquannyc: larkin readers, listen to monica jones reading one more quadrille by winthrop mackworth praed and kelvin everest who worked alongside mj at leicester uni
- Plastic_bio: of science and logic he chatters,as fine and as fast as he can;though i am no judge of such matters,i’m sure he’s a talented man.
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- Borisdralyuk: a joyous larkin day to you all! dance late into the night with one of the man’s favorites, winthrop mackworth praed.
- Book_addict: happy birthday to english poet and politician winthrop mackworth praed (july 26, 1802), author of “trash” (1833) et al.
- Everytitlecincy: birds of west central and western africa,—mackworth-praed, c. w. (cyril winthrop), 1891-1974.
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