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- A Parody on "Mary's Ghost;" or, The Doctors and Body-snatchers.
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Description
The names of Norwich localities and medical men have been substituted for those in the original poem, including Henry Carter who died in 1830. --the Wellcome Collection, https://wellcomecollection.org/works/pjw2f57k
Details
Full title
A Parody on "Mary's Ghost;" or, The Doctors and Body-snatchers. A Pathetic Tale, With Numerous Additions.
Language
en
Duration
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United Kingdom: Christopher Berry (printer), 1825.
Credits
deaurider, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2022-02-06
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Thomas Hood
1799–1845
Known for mixing sharp wit with real feeling, this English poet and humorist wrote both playful comic verse and moving poems about poverty and hardship. His work helped shape later social-protest poetry while keeping a lively, memorable voice of its own.
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