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Byron's pedigree doggerel
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Byron : Child of Passion,Fool of Fame By Benita Eisler Hamish
Hamilton GBP 25
LORD Byron pooh," as the poet John Clare said sanely in the
madhouse, "the man wot rites the werses". Clare was right. It's the
werses we still read for pleasure - Don Juan and Beppo, not Childe
Harold and Manfred.
It's the slangy, winking Byron, off-guard, writing in his
shirtsleeves, Byron the natural vulgarian with the aristocratic
accent, who is valued now. When he reflected, as Goethe pointed out,
he was childish. When he tried to write high romantic poetry, he was
adolescent. But when he lapsed into the coarse ...
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The orange seller's legacy Nell Gwyn's lowly origins have left their mark on her aristocratic descendants, finds Frances Wilson
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...head next morning... 'Fetch up Nell Gwyn,' he says. They fetch her up...it off.'' Such is the myth of Nell Gwyn, orange seller, comic actress...by the myth as by the reality of Nell Gwyn. The name Helen, he reminds us...
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Interview: Charles Beauclerk offers a family take in "Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King"
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...Beauclerk offers a family take in "Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King" Host: RENEE...witty and wild young woman named Nell Gwyn. He's now out with their story, "Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King." It's set...
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BOOKS: Venus and Cinderella rolled into one Nell Gwyn By Charles Beauclerk MACMILLAN pounds 20 pounds 18 (P&P FREE) 08700 798 897
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...peace. Anyway, enter stage right Nell Gwyn, street urchin, prostitute turned...Charles Beauclerk is a descendant of Nell Gwyn's son, ennobled by Charles II...religious truths. Beauclerk sees Nell Gwyn as the embodiment not only of the...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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WORTH EVERY PENNY! King's privilege: Lucy Speed as Nell Gwyn in the film England My England.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...royal mistress in British history, Nell Gwyn, might havebeen a shopaholic, but...public exchequer. There is nothing Nell Gwyn could have learned from today's...politicsif not of much elsethe young Nell Gwyn stepped into a highly political court...
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Bay Tree to reappear for Loder in the Nell Gwyn.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...likely to line up in the Shadwell Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes on the Rowley Mile, writes...three fillies engaged in both the Nell Gwyn and the Victor Chandler European...filly and the plan is to run in the Nell Gwyn. "She was bought with the intention...
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Psalm among 24 Nell Gwyn hopes.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...Wednesday's Leslie Harrison Memorial Nell Gwyn Stakes at yesterday's six-day...Royal Confidence might be one for the Nell Gwyn, with Spinning Lucy going for the...Deauville will run a big race in the Nell Gwyn en route to a possible tilt at the...
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Racing: Nell Gwyn can raise profile of Good Standing
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...all starts with this afternoon's Nell Gwyn Stakes, a race which receives annual...rather better. It is true that no Nell Gwyn winner has followed up in the 1...Sayyedati, third to Niche in the 1993 Nell Gwyn. Yet Petrushka, last year's winner...
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Walden set for Nell Gwyn.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...and now head for the Shadwell Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes. Henry Cecil trains High...Newbury, and she'll wait for the Nell Gwyn." Earlier this week, Cecil revealed...ll now be running Seazun in the Nell Gwyn. It's a long season, and I...
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Nell Gwyn: A Biography.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; Nell Gwyn: A Biography. Charles Beauclerk. Macmillan...access to family papers. The author paints Nell Gwyn's affair with the King as 'one of the...intimate portrait' as well as an assessment of Nell Gwyn's importance at court and in politics...
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Horse Racing: Sander Camillo set for Nell Gwyn.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England)
; ...schedule to reappear in Wednesday's Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket, provided the...trainer Jeremy Noseda, who won the Nell Gwyn in 2001 with Lil's Jessy, was...the third highest rated in the Nell Gwyn. Marcus Hosgood, Dunlop's racing...
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