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SWINBURNE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English poet (1837-1909)
Synonyms:
Algernon Charles Swinburne; Swinburne
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
Context examples:
She might well be sung by that chap, Swinburne.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
They talked together on Swinburne and Rossetti, after which she led him beyond his depth into the by-paths of French literature.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Swinburne fails, when all is said, because he is, well, indelicate.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But who was Swinburne?
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Swinburne had furnished the key.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
They talked first of the borrowed books, of the Swinburne he was devoted to, and of the Browning he did not understand; and she led the conversation on from subject to subject, while she pondered the problem of how she could be of help to him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But the impression of that fleeting glimpse lingered, and when the time came for him to beat a stumbling retreat and go, she lent him the volume of Swinburne, and another of Browning—she was studying Browning in one of her English courses.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"Swinburne," she corrected.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
You was saying that this man Swinburne failed bein' a great poet because—an' that was as far as you got, miss, he prompted, while to himself he seemed suddenly hungry, and delicious little thrills crawled up and down his spine at the sound of her laughter.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He turned to the title-page . . . yes, he had written other books; well, he would go to the free library the first thing in the morning and try to get hold of some of Swinburne's stuff.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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