poetaster
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In 2018, can Brancusi still release our inner poetaster?
From New York Times
By Charlotte Brontë: Scenes on the great bridge, November 1829 The silver cup: a tale, October 1829 Blackwoods young mens magazine, August 1829 An interesting passage in the lives of some eminent personages of the present age, June 1830 The poetaster: a drama in two volumes, July 1830 The adventures of Mon.
From Los Angeles Times
A poetaster of the period, in describing the council, depicts Raymond’s discomfiture with emphasis: “Et s’i vint li quens de St. Gille, Ki n’i fist vallant une tille De sa besougne, quant vint l�, Qu’ escum�niies s’en r’ala, Ausi com il i fu venus, Voire plus, s’il pot estre plus.”
From Project Gutenberg
A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster.
From Project Gutenberg
Brougham glared from the pages of the Review a baleful meteor, striking terror into dunces in Grub street and charlatans in Downing street, now scorching a poetaster and then roasting a prime minister, nor quenching his fires till they had penetrated and lit up the royal harem of Carlton House and Windsor Castle.
From Project Gutenberg
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