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Childhood and schooling, 1785–1802
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Vagrancy, Oxford, and early opium use, 1802–1808
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The lake poets and marriage, 1808–1818
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Entrance into journalism, 1818–1821
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The London Magazine period, 1821–1825
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Blackwood's and the Edinburgh Post, 1826–1833
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Blackwood's and Tait's, 1833–1850
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Hogg's Instructor and Titan, the collected editions, and death, 1850–1859
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Literary and historical significance