The Link between Fashion and Gambling from Mary Robinson’s
Modern Manners, a Poem. In Two Cantos (1793)
Mary Robinson’s Poem “The Gamester” (1800)
from Robinson, Mary. Modern Manners, A Poem. In Two Cantos (London: James Evans, 1793).
. . .
O, Fashion! delegate of taste and wit,
Oft do I see thee triumph in the pit;
ART. III. The Banks of the Wye; a Poem. In four Books. By Robert Bloomfield, Author of the Farmer's Boy. 12mo. 134pp. 5s. Vernor and Co. &c 1811
ART. IV—The Banks of the Wye, a Poem, in four Books. By Robert Bloomfield, Author of the Farmer's Boy. London, Vernor and Co. and others, 1811. 12mo. pp. 134. price 5s. Plates.
The Banks of the Wye, a Poem, in four Books. By Robert Bloomfield, Author of the Farmer's Boy. Foolscap 8vo, pp. 134. price 5s. Vernor and Co. and Longman and Co. 1811.
Figure 1.
Figure 1. Sketch of the River Wye, from Ross to Chepstow.
Manuscripts of The Banks of Wye
Robert Bloomfield’s poem, tour journal and sketch book The Banks of Wye (1807-11) represents a visually and verbally rich response to the fashionable tour
[A transcription of Bloomfield's prose journal of his Wye tour from the text as it
appears, with his sketches and pasted-in maps and notes, in British Library Additional
