The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ... . In 1793 he wasentered at Balliol College, Oxford. He was des-tined for the Church ; but he had embraced Uni-tarian views in religion—as did Coleridge, withwhom he here became intimate ; both, however,before long, became High Churchmen in theAnglican faith. He left Oxford after a years resi-dence. He had become dazzled with the demo-cratic theories engendered by the French Revo-lution ; and he, wi
The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ... . In 1793 he wasentered at Balliol College, Oxford. He was des-tined for the Church ; but he had embraced Uni-tarian views in religion—as did Coleridge, withwhom he here became intimate ; both, however,before long, became High Churchmen in theAnglican faith. He left Oxford after a years resi-dence. He had become dazzled with the demo-cratic theories engendered by the French Revo-lution ; and he, with Coleridge and Robert Lovell,formed a scheme for emigrating to America andestablishing upon the banks of the Susquehanna a Pantisocracy, or ideal community, in which allthe members were to be on a perfect were to be married, the women to performthe domestic duties, and the men to cultivate lit-erature, with neither king nor lord nor priest tomar their felicity. To raise the requisite funds,Southey and Coleridge each undertook to delivera course of lectures, and in conjunction wroteThe Fate of Robespierre, a drama of which two-thirds was by Southey, who had already pub- C224;. ROHERT SOITHEV. ROBERT SOUTHEY 225 lished Wat Tyler, a poem that attracted sufficientattention to be denounced in the House of Com-mons as seditious. The pantisocratic scheme wasabandoned in consequence of some disagreementamong the projectors. In 1795 Southey wrote/oan of Arc, an epic poem, for which Cottle, aBristol publisher, paid him fifty guineas. He alsoengaged to publish all the poems that Coleridgehad written, and all that he should thereafterwrite. In 1795 Southey married Miss EdithFricker of Bristol, her sister Sara becoming thewife of Coleridge. A third sister was alreadymarried to Lovell. In 1797 Southey, who had outgrown his radi-cal views in religion and politics, accompanied hisuncle, Mr. Herbert Chaplain, to the factory atLisbon, Portugal; here he remained six months,and la
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