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John Wilson of Elleray FRSE was a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, the writer most frequently identified with the pseudonym Christopher North of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.

He was professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1820 to 1851. Wikipedia  

✵ 18. May 1785 – 3. April 1854  •  Other names John Wilson (Scottish writer)
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John Wilson Quotes

“Music is the universal language of mankind.”

John Wilson

Nocted Ambrosianae (1822-5).

“You did late review my lays,
Crusty Christopher;
You did mingle blame and praise,
Rusty Christopher.
When I learnt from whom it came,
I forgave you all the blame,
Musty Christopher;
I could _not_ forgive the praise,
Fusty Christopher.”

John Wilson

To Christopher North http://www.fullbooks.com/The-Early-Poems-of-Alfred-Lord-Tennyson10.html by Alfred Tennyson. <br class="br">About

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