10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VERSIFIER»
Discover the use of
versifier in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
versifier and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Select Poems from M Gessner's Pastorals by the
Versifier of ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... bardling, poeticule, rhymer, rhymester, verser, versesmith, versificator, versifier
versemonger n syn POETASTER, balladmonger, bardling, poetling, rhymester,
verseman, verser, versesmith, versificator, versifier verser n syn POETASTER, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...
Shak. To be versed, [L. versor,~] to be well skilled ; to be acquainted with ; as, to
be versed in history or in geometry. VERSE-MAN, n. [verse and man.'] A writer of
verses ; in ludicrous language. Prior. VERS'ER, n. A maker of verses ; a versifier.
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God Bless Not Only America: - Gordon's Godown of Quasi-Quatrain
Versifier's. Band. It is the most New York thing they have ever planned. With the
rapped verses, they're gonna elegantly rock the land. On the tiny but shiny stage
of lives, they try to stand As a little classically cynical versifier's band. 117 Gordon
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plainly traceable, in comparing the best prose with the best verse, a certain broad
distinction of method in the web. Tight as the versifier may draw the knot of logic,
yet for the ear he still leaves the tissue of the sentence floating somewhat loose.
Robert Louis Stevenson, 2011
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Lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of ...
He was called Master Henry the Versifier ; and this title of versifier was the
appellation for a long time employed to designate the functions which are now
exercised under the more responsible name of poet-laureate. Master Henry,
however ...
Most important of all is the fact that the versifier also extends this licence to
appropriate verses with proclitic prepositions, proveably to wid, and nearly
certainly to in. Wid occurs in five of the exceptions in this list and in once only,
and they join ...
Malcolm Godden, Simon Keynes, 2007
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Eminent Literary and Scientific Men, 1: English Poets
He was called Master Henry the Versifier ; and this title of versifier was the
appellation for a long time employed to designate the functions which are now
exercised under the more responsible name of poet-laureate. Master Henry,
however ...
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Eminent Literary and Scientific Men: Michael Drayton. ...
He was called Master Henry the Versifier ; and this title of versifier was the
appellation for a long time employed to designate the functions which are now
exercised under the more responsible name of poet-laureate. Master Henry,
however ...
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Containing the Italian before the English and the French
... to vcrstfu, versifier Verseggiatóre, *. m. a versifier, versificateur Vertiere, s.f. a
hob-goblin, loup-garou, goblin (Darsi alia vertiera, to bluster, tempêter Versificare
, v. о. to versify, versifier Versíficütóre, *. m. a versifier, versi6cateur Л emficazione
, ...
Ferdinando Bottarelli, 1805
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VERSIFIER»
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versifier is used in the context of the following news items.
Agricultural Ignorance
Baxter Black, the country's most popular large animal veterinarian, is a cowboy poet, humorist, speaker, sagebrush versifier, radio commentator and newspaper ... «Harrison Daily, Jul 15»
Versatile versifier
Just before the earthquake struck on 25 April, Kathmandu's pre-eminent diplomat poet, Abhay Kumar, had launched his collection of Nepali poems, Jatra. «Nepali times, Jul 15»
the rambling boy
... when King Richard I appointed a fellow named Richard Canonicus as versificator regis, literally, versifier to the king. There has been an unbroken line of poets ... «Bigbendnow, Jun 15»
The Adventures of Pericles review: Deborah Hay is a triple threat …
There's an even earlier scribe involved: John Gower, a medieval versifier whose own Pericles poem was a major source for the play, and who makes recurrent ... «National Post, Jun 15»
Writers follow in Dylan's footsteps
It is the brainchild of the venue's versifier in residence, Natalie Holborow, who said: "Dylan was a young man who knew what he wanted to do from a very early ... «South Wales Evening Post, May 15»
Robert E. Rains
Professor Rains is a legal versifier and fabulist whose law verses have appeared in numerous academic and professional journals. He is the author of True ... «The Conversation AU, Apr 15»
Iran: A Tale of Two Poets
The answer is simple: Kashani was an official versifier dedicated to employing the little poetic talent he had in the service of regime propaganda. He wrote ... «Asharq Alawsat English, Jan 15»
Preview: Half Man Half Biscuit
Fronted by kitchen-sink versifier Nigel Blackwell, HMHB have peddled scrappy pop, raucous folk and lo-fi rock'n'roll vignettes since forming in 1984. «The List, Jan 15»
Selected Poems, Lorca, Pessoa
... with that characteristic air of melancholy that informed some of the work of this great versifier. Some of the work, one emphasises, because Pessoa wrote and ... «RTE.ie, Nov 14»
Jenny Diski applies angry eloquence to inoperable cancer diagnosis
How many inches will the weeping birch grow, the one planted by the Poet for my sixtieth birthday (soppy old radical versifier)?" Author of 10 novels, four books ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
