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larryhammerThere is a line in The Buccaneer (1827) by Richard Henry Dana Sr.* where the narrator addresses the title character:
* American literary man of the generation before Longfellow and Lowell, with a reputation that has long since been eclipsed by Junior's two years before the mast. As a poet, Senior is a solid mid-tier second-generation Romantic -- and like many such, surprisingly readable.
---L.
Subject quote from The Flying Fish, John Gray.
Arouse thee, Lee! up! man thee for thine hour!It is hard not to read this as an early 19th century precursor of "man up," especially as that's essentially what the narrator is telling Lee to do.
* American literary man of the generation before Longfellow and Lowell, with a reputation that has long since been eclipsed by Junior's two years before the mast. As a poet, Senior is a solid mid-tier second-generation Romantic -- and like many such, surprisingly readable.
---L.
Subject quote from The Flying Fish, John Gray.
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Date: 2 May 2019 06:40 pm (UTC)Prrrt.
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