Quote#Education
It is strange that no one seems to think it at all necessary to say a…
Quote byJohn Gibson Lockhart · 1794–1854
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, October 1817, p. 38..
English (original)
It is strange that no one seems to think it at all necessary to say a single word about another new school of poetry which has of late sprung up among us. This school has not, I believe, as yet received any name; but if I may be permitted to have the honour of christening it, it may henceforth be referred to by the designation of The Cockney School.
— John Gibson Lockhart
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