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Rejected Addresses

Rejected Addresses

Rejected Addresses: Or, The New Theatrum Poetarum is the title of an 1812 book of parodies by the brothers James and Horace Smith. It contained 21 good-natured parodies of authors of the time, and was a popular success. Horace Smith was also well known for his sonnet writing competition with Percy Shelley.


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“No Drury Lane for you to-day.”

James Smith book Rejected Addresses

Rejected Addresses, "The Baby's Début", reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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“I saw them go: one horse was blind,
The tails of both hung down behind,
Their shoes were on their feet.”

James Smith book Rejected Addresses

Rejected Addresses, "The Baby's Début", reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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