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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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Defoe, Daniel
(1661?-1731) Journalist and novelist, s. of a butcher in St. Giles, where he was b. His f. being a ...
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Waterland, Daniel
(1683-1740) Theologian, b. at Waseley Rectory, Lincolnshire, and ed. at Camb., took orders, and obt...
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Webster, Daniel
(1782-1852) Orator, s. of a farmer in New Hampshire, was a distinguished advocate in Boston, and af...
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Bishop, Samuel
(1731-1795) Poet, b. in London, and ed. at Merchant Taylor's School and Oxf., took orders and becam...
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Butler, Samuel
1) (1612-1680) Satirist, was the s. of a Worcestershire farmer. In early youth he was page to the C...
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Clarke, Samuel
(1675-1729) Divine and metaphysician, b. at Norwich, was ed. at Camb., where he became the friend a...
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Foote, Samuel
(1720-1777) Actor and dramatist, b. at Truro of a good family, and ed. at Oxf., succeeded by his ex...
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Johnson, Samuel
1) (1649-1703) Political writer, sometimes called "the Whig" to distinguish him from his great name...
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Lover, Samuel
(1797-1868) Song-writer and novelist, was a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures. He produced a...
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Pepys, Samuel
(1633-1703) Diarist, s. of John P., a London tailor, but of good family and connected with Sir E. M...
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Phillips, Samuel
(1814-1854) Novelist, of Jewish descent, studied for the Church at Göttingen and Camb., but his f. ...
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Pordage, Samuel
(1633-1691?) Poet, s. of a clergyman in Berks, ed. at Merchant Taylor's School, studied law at Linc...
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Purchas, Samuel
(1575?-1626) Compiler of travels, b. at Thaxton, and ed. at Camb., took orders, and held various be...
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Richardson, Samuel
(1689-1761) Novelist, s. of a joiner, was b. at Derby. His f. had intended him for the Church, but ...
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Rogers, Samuel
(1763-1855) Poet, s. of a banker in London, received a careful private education, and entered the b...
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Rutherford, Samuel
(1600?-1661) Theologian and controversialist, b. at Nisbet, Roxburghshire, ed. at Edin. Univ., wher...
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Smiles, Samuel
(1812-1904) Biographer and miscellaneous writer, b. at Haddington, ed. at the Grammar School there,...
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Warren, Samuel
(1807-1877) Novelist, b. in Denbighshire, s. of a Nonconformist minister. After studying medicine a...
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Wilson, Sir Daniel
(1816-1892) Archæologist and miscellaneous writer, b. and ed. in Edin., and after acting as sec. of...
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
(1772-1834) Poet, philosopher, and critic, s. of the Rev. John C., vicar and schoolmaster of Ottery...
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Ferguson, Sir Samuel
(1810-1886) Poet and antiquary, b. at Belfast, the s. of parents of Scottish extraction, he was ed....
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Gardiner, Samuel Rawson
(1829-1902) Historian, b. at Alresford, Hants, was ed. at Winchester and Oxf. In 1855 he m. Isabell...
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Garth, Sir Samuel
(1661-1719) Physician and poet, b. at Bolam in the county of Durham, and ed. at Camb., he settled a...
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Parr, Dr. Samuel
(1747-1825) Scholar, s. of an apothecary at Harrow, where and at Camb. he was ed. He was successive...
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Butcher, Samuel Henry
LL.D., etc. (b. 1850) Scholar. Prose Translation of the Odyssey (1879), with A. Lang, Some Aspects...
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Crockett, Samuel Rutherford
(b. 1860) Novelist and poet. The Stickit Minister (1893), The Raiders (1894), Lilac Sunbonnet (1894...
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Lilly, William Samuel
(b. 1840) Philosopher, etc. Ancient Religion and Modern Thought (1884), Chapters in European Histor...
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Baker, Sir Samuel White
(1821-1893) Traveller, b. in London, and after being a planter in Ceylon, and superintending the co...
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Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton
(1762-1837) Bibliographer and genealogist, ed. at Camb., was called to the Bar in 1787. He wrote so...
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