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joseph
A very old-fashioned riding coat for women, scarcely now to be seen or heard of--Forby's Vocabulary....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Addison, Joseph
(1672-1719) Poet, essayist and statesman, was the s. of Lancelot Addison, Dean of Lichfield. B. nea...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Butler, Joseph
(1692-1752) Theologian, b. at Wantage, s. of a Presbyterian linen-draper, was destined for the mini...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Glanvill, Joseph
(1636-1680) Controversialist and moral writer, b. at Plymouth, and ed. at Oxf., took orders, and he...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hall, Joseph
(1574-1656) Divine, b. at Ashby-de-la-Zouche, and ed. at Camb., he entered the Church, and became i...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Priestly, Joseph
(1733-1804) Chemist, theologian, and political writer, s. of a draper at Fieldhead, Yorkshire, wher...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ritson, Joseph
(1752-1803) Antiquary and critic, b. at Stockton-on-Tees, settled in London as a conveyancer, at th...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Skipsey, Joseph
(1832-1903) Poet, b. near North Shields, and from childhood worked in the mines. He pub. a few piec...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Spence, Joseph
(1699-1768) Anecdotist, b. at Kingsclere, Hants, and ed. at Winchester and Oxf., he entered the Chu...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Warton, Joseph
(1722-1800) Critic, elder s. of the Rev. Thomas W., Prof. of Poetry at Oxf., was ed. at Basingstoke...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Conrad, Joseph
Novelist. Almayer's Folly (1895), An Outcast of the Islands (1896), Tales of Unrest (1898), Lord Jim...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Jacobs, Joseph
(b. 1854) Writer on folk-lore and Jewish history. English Fairy Tales (1890), Celtic Fairy Tales (1...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Drake, Joseph Rodman
(1795-1820) Poet, b. at New York, studied medicine, d. of consumption. He collaborated with F. Hall...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Lightfoot, Joseph Barber
(1828-1889) Theologian and scholar, b. at Liverpool, and ed. at King Edward's School, Birmingham, a...
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Shorthouse, Joseph Henry
(1834-1903) Novelist, b. at Birmingham, where he was a chemical manufacturer. Originally a Quaker, ...
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White, Joseph Blanco
(1775-1841) Poet, s. of a merchant, an Irish Roman Catholic resident at Seville, where he was b., b...
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Hocking, Rev. Joseph
Novelist. Zillah (1892), The Birthright (1897), Esau (1904), Chariots of the Lord (1905), A Strong M...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Crowe, Sir Joseph Archer
(1825-1896) Writer on art, s. of the above, was b. in London. Most of his childhood was spent in Fr...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
(1814-1873) Novelist, s. of a Dean of the Episcopal Church of Ireland, and grand-nephew of Richard ...
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Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman
K.C.B., F.R.S. (b. 1836) Astronomer. Elementary Lessons in Astronomy (1870), Studies in Spectrum A...
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Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph
F.R.S., LL.D. (b. 1851) Scientist and psychologist. Elementary Mechanics (1881), Modern Views of E...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin