Together with The Address of the University to His Royal Highness, The Speech of the public Orator in the Theatre and the Verse Recited There, on Wednesday June 15 1814. Oxford. Sold by J. Cooke & J. Parker. 1814. pp. 40. 8vo. Later wrapper. The Verses are by John Hughes (1790 - 1857) who was a scholar and linguist. He wrote for magazines under the name of Buller of Brasnose. His son Thomas Hughes, was the author of Tom Brown's Schooldays; William Taylor Coleridge - actually John Taylor Coleridge (1790 - 1876), nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, he became a judge. In the early years he struggled financially supplemeting his income by writing. In 1825 he made £962 at the bar, £1000 from the Quarterly Review, and £500 for his edition of Blackstone. ODNB. Other poets are William Dalby; Henry Bosanquet; & Robert Ingham.

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