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Unknown passengers aboard East Indiaman Thomas Grenville, Ramsgate-Calcutta, total duration of voyage June-October 1823 : The Curse of Kehama

'It luckily happened that “Kehama” was on board, and that many of the party, at my recommendation, had become familiar with it during the voyage. By the way, what a vast deal of foolish prejudice exists about Southey and his writings. Of the party on board some had been taught to think him a Jacobin, some an Ultra-Tory, some a Methodist, some an enemy to all religion, and some a madman. None had read a line of his works, but all were inclined to criticise him, and yet all, when they really tried the formidable volume, were delighted both with the man and the poetry.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Unknown passengers aboard East Indiaman Thomas Grenville, Ramsgate-Calcutta, total duration of voyage June-October 1823     Print: Book

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