E. B. Osborn, (1921), Literature and Life: Things Seen, Heard and Read, chapter: Chapter III. Cornish Pictures, pages: 16–20, place: London, publisher: Methuen & Company Ltd (quote from p. 19)
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I don't suppose Arthur and his Cornish knights were as gentlemanly as Malorye made them, much less as genteel as Tennyson's heroes, epic shopwalkers in a well-decorated emporium of sentimentality.
— E. B. Osborn
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About Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign, after William Wordsworth, and is one of the most popular English poets.
About Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign, after William Wordsworth, and is one of the most popular English poets.
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