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Robert Lloyd was an English poet and satirist.

✵ 1733 – 1764
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“True Genius, like Armida’s wand,
Can raise the spring from barren land.
While all the art of Imitation,
Is pilf’ring from the first creation.”

Robert Lloyd (poet)

‘Shakespeare’ (1762)

“Alone from Jargon born to rescue Law,
From precedent, grave hum, and formal saw!
To strip chicanery of its vain pretence,
And marry Common Law to Common Sense!”

Robert Lloyd (poet)

‘The Law-Student’ (1762) (on Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice, 1756-88)

“Turn parson, Colman, that’s the way to thrive;
Your parsons are the happiest men alive.”

Robert Lloyd (poet)

‘The Law-Student’ (1762)

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