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Johannes Secundus

  

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Johannes Secundus : Liber Basiorum (Book of Kisses)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 25 January - 8 February 1793: Charles Collins has been so busy with his Lent verses that I see little of him — he is my monitor be you his — I catch him frequently reading the Basia of Johannes Secundus — he pleads the elegance of the composition but that will not atone for the whole tenor of the work. He laughs at my admonitions...'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Collins      Print: Book
  

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