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George Crabbe

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A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.


— George Crabbe


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With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; The rich man's guardian, and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.


— George Crabbe


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Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.


— George Crabbe


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Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.


— George Crabbe


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Feed the musician, and he's out of tune.


— George Crabbe


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In her experience all her friends relied, Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.


— George Crabbe


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Our farmers round, well pleased with constant gain, Like other farmers, flourish and complain.


— George Crabbe


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The game is never lost till won.


— George Crabbe


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To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind.


— George Crabbe


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To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent.


— George Crabbe


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Did you know about George Crabbe?

He moved to London in April 1780 where he had little success and by the end of May he had been forced to pawn some of his possessions including his surgical instruments. He was ordained to the curacy of his native town on 21 December 1781 through Burke's recommendation. He had been absent for nearly 13 years of which four had been spent at Parham five at Great Glemham and four at Rendham.

Burke introduced Crabbe to the literary and artistic society of London including Sir Joshua Reynolds and Samuel Johnson who read The Village before its publication and made some minor changes. Modern critic Frank Whitehead has said that "Crabbe in his verse tales in particular is an important–indeed a major–poet whose work has been and still is seriously undervalued. Burke secured Crabbe the important position of Chaplain to the Duke of Rutland.

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