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# Christopher Anstey

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Christopher Anstey was an English poet who also wrote in Latin. After a period managing his family's estates, he moved permanently to Bath and died after a long public life there. His poem, The New Bath Guide, brought him to fame and began an easy satirical fashion that was influential throughout th

##  Quotes by Christopher Anstey

> [Where studious of ease, I slumbered seven years, and then lost by degrees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-anstey/where-studious-of-ease-i-slumbered-seven-years-and-then-lost-by/)

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