CHAPTER IV. THE BRENTFORD SCHOOLBOY 43

Dr. Greenlaw's Character--Quality of his School--Medwin's

Anecdotes to the Doctor's Discredit--Mr. Gellibrand's

Recollections of the Brentford Shelley--The Bullies of the

Brentford Playground--Shelley's Character at the School--His

Disposition to Somnambulism--His Delight in Novels--His

Wretchedness at School--Shelleyan Egotism--Byronic

Egotism--Byron's Influence on Shelley--Enduring Influence of

Novels on Shelley's Mind--Stories of Boating--Easter Holidays

in Wiltshire--'Essay on Friendship'--Its Biographical Value.

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