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Recollections of the Lake Poets — is a collection of biographical essays written by the English author Thomas De Quincey. In these essays, originally published in Tait s Edinburgh Magazine between 1834 and 1840, De Quincey provided some of the earliest, best informed, and most… … Wikipedia
Lake Poets — The Lake Poets all lived in the Lake District of England at the turn of the nineteenth century. As a group, they followed no single school of thought or literary practice then known, although their works were uniformly disparaged by the Edinburgh … Wikipedia
(the) Lake District — the Lake District [the Lake District] (also the Lakes) a region of lakes and mountains in Cumbria, north west England. It contains the highest mountain in England, ↑Scafell Pike … Useful english dictionary
Lake poets — Lake Lake, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. l[ o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la kkos pond, tank. Cf. {Loch}, {Lough}.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth s surface, and supplied from the drainage of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lake poets — n. the English poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, who lived in the Lake District … English World dictionary
Lake Poets — the poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey: so called from their residence in the Lake District. Also called Lake School. [1810 20] * * * … Universalium
Lake Poets — Lake′ Po ets n. pl. lit. the poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, identified with the Lake District • Etymology: 1810–20 … From formal English to slang
LAKE POETS — a school of English poets, the chief representatives of which were Wordsworth, Southey, and Coleridge, who adorned the beginning of the 19th century, and were so designated by the Edinburgh Review because their favourite haunt was the LAKE… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Lake Poets — /ˈleɪk poʊəts/ (say layk pohuhts) plural noun the English poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey; so named from their residence in the Lake District. Also, Lake School …
lake poets — noun English poets at the beginning of the 19th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by it • Hypernyms: ↑school, ↑artistic movement, ↑art movement • Member Meronyms: ↑Coleridge, ↑Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ↑Southey, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
