ROBERT ANDERSON
\ɹˈɒbət ˈandəsən], \ɹˈɒbət ˈandəsən], \ɹ_ˈɒ_b_ə_t ˈa_n_d_ə_s_ə_n]\
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An English dialect poet; born in Carlisle, Feb. 1, 1770; died there, Sept. 26, 1833. He was a mill hand who produced delightfully humorous and gracefully pathetic verse in his native Cumbrian dialect; typical examples being "The Impatient Lass", "Lucy Gray", and "The Lass abuin Thirty".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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