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Beauty and the Lecturer : A Metrical Ballad single work   poetry   "Said Beauty to the Lecturer"
Issue Details: First known date: 1842... 1842 Beauty and the Lecturer : A Metrical Ballad
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'Tells School of Arts lecturer not to talk on 'Beauty' again.' (Webby)

Notes

  • Author's note: To the Tune of 'Chevy-Chase'
  • Poem includes author's notes about terms used.
  • James Rennie's first lecture on Personal Beauty and the Best Remedies for Defects was held at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 29 March, 1842.

    Source: Advertisement, the Sydney Gazette, 29 March 1842.

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Works about this Work

Untitled 'Ne Quid Nimis' , 1842 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Colonial Observer , 4 May vol. 1 no. 31 1842; (p. 244)
Untitled 'Ne Quid Nimis' , 1842 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Colonial Observer , 4 May vol. 1 no. 31 1842; (p. 244)
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