Algernon Charles Swinburne
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Swinburne
in the texts
The Rights of War and Peace
Poet quoted as ranking Landor just below Milton.
Landor, of whom Swinburne has said that Milton alone stands higher, both in prose and verse, furnishes us with his Classical Conversations.
The Genius of the Common Law
English poet whose verses in praise of Liberty are applied by the author to the Common Law.
Now this was written by Algernon Charles Swinburne in praise of Liberty at a time when the powers of darkness were still very strong on the Continent of Europe.