Law, William Arthur

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• Law, William

  (1686-1761) Divine, s. of a grocer at Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire, was ed. at Camb., and in 1727 ...

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• arthur

  A well-known sea game, alluded to by Grose, Smollet, and other writers. ...

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• Law

  ·vt ·same·as <<Lawe>>, ·vt. II. Law ·interj An exclamation of mild surprise. III. Law ·noun An oat...

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• Law

  A rule of action. 1) The Law of Nature is the will of God as to human conduct, founded on the moral...

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• law

  To give law to a hare; a sporting term, signifying to give the animal a chance of escaping, by not s...

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• Law

  The word is properly used, in Scripture as elsewhere, to express a definite commandment laid down by...

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• arthur, king arthur

  A game used at sea, when near the line, or in a hot latitude. It is performed thus: A man who is to ...

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• O'Shaughnessy, Arthur William Edgar

  (1844-1881) Poet, b. in London, entered the library of the British Museum, afterwards being transfe...

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• Broke, or Brooke, Arthur

  (d. 1563) Translator, was the author of The Tragicall Historie of Romeus and Juliett, from which Sh...

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• Golding, Arthur

  (1535?-1605?) Translator, s. of a gentleman of Essex, was perhaps at Camb., and was diligent in the...

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• Johnston, Arthur

  (c. 1587-1641) Poet in Latin, b. near Aberdeen, studied medicine at Padua, where he graduated. Afte...

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• Murphy, Arthur

  (1727-1805) Actor and dramatist, b. in Ireland, and ed. at St. Omer, went on the stage, then studie...

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• Young, Arthur

  (1741-1820) Writer on agriculture, was b. in London, the s. of a Suffolk clergyman. In his early ye...

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• Doughty, Arthur

  Historical and miscellaneous writer. Life and Works of Tennyson (1893), Song Story of Francesca and ...

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• Hassall, Arthur

  (b. 1853) Historian. Handbook of European History (1897), The Balance of Power (1715-89), in Period...

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• Morrison, Arthur

  (b. 1863) Novelist. Tales of Mean Streets (1894), Martin Hewitt (1894), A Child of the Jago (1896),...

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• Symons, Arthur

  (b. 1865) Poet and critic. An Introduction to the Study of Browning (1886), Days and Nights (1889),...

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• Waugh, Arthur

  (b. 1866) Critic. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, a Study (1892), Robert Browning (in Westminster Biographie...

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• Arthur Street

  West out of King William Street at No. 32 and south to 137 Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In ...

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• king arthur

  A game played on board ship in warm climates, in which a person, grotesquely personating King Arthur...

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• Boyle's law

  ·- ·see under <<Law>>. ...

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• By-law

  ·noun A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own gove...

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• Coulomb's law

  ·add. ·- The law that the force exerted between two electric or magnetic charges is directly proport...

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• Frank-law

  ·noun The liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness; one of the ancient privileges of ...

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• Gag law

  ·add. ·- A law or ruling prohibiting proper or free debate, as in closure. ...

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• Joule's law

  ·add. ·- The law that there is no change of temperature when a gas expands without doing external wo...

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• Law-abiding

  ·adj Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding ...

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• Lynch law

  ·- The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without d...

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• Marconi's law

  ·add. ·- The law that the maximum good signaling distance varies directly as the square of the heigh...

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• Mariotte's law

  ·- ·see Boyle's law, under <<Law>>. ...

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• Mendel's law

  ·add. ·- A principle governing the inheritance of many characters in animals and plants, discovered ...

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• Verner's law

  ·add. ·- A statement, propounded by the Danish philologist Karl Verner in 1875, which explains certa...

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• Levirate Law

  From Latin levir, "a husband's brother," the name of an ancient custom ordained by Moses, by which, ...

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• law latin

  Barbarous Latin, vulgarly called Dog Latin, in Ireland Bog Latin. ...

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• club law

  Argumentum bacculinum, in which an oaken stick is a better plea than an act of parliament. ...

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• curbing law

  The act of hooking goods out of windows: the curber is the thief, the curb the hook. CANT. ...

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• figging law

  The art of picking pockets. CANT. ...

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• vincent's law

  The art of cheating at cards, composed of the following associates: bankers, those who play booty; t...

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• lynch law

  An irregular and revengeful species of justice, administered by the populace or a mob, without any l...

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• club-law

  The rule of violence and strength. ...

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• lynch-law

  A word recently imported into our parlance from America, signifying illegal and revengeful execution...

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• maritime law

  That branch of international law, or the law of nations, which consists of general principles, chief...

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• martial law

  The law of war, obtaining between hostile forces, or proclaimed in rebellious districts; it rests ma...

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• military law

  That under which soldiers and sailors are governed, founded on the acts of parliament passed to that...

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• moses' law

  The term among pirates for inflicting thirty-nine lashes on the bare back forty save one. ...

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• Allingham, William

  (1824-1889) Poet, the s. of a banker of English descent, was b. at Ballyshannon, entered the custom...

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• Barnes, William

  (1801-1886) Poet and philologist, s. of a farmer, b. at Rushay, Dorset. After being a solicitor's c...

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• Beckford, William

  (c. 1760-1844) Miscellaneous writer, only s. of William B., Lord Mayor of London, the associate and...

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• Black, William

  (1841-1898) Novelist. After studying as a landscape painter, he took to journalism in Glasgow. In 1...

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• Blake, William

  (1757-1827) Poet and painter, b. in London, was from earliest youth a seer of visions and a dreamer...

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• Broome, William

  (1689-1745) Poet and translator, b. at Haslington, Cheshire, and ed. at Eton and Camb., entered the...

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• Browne, William

  (1590?-1645?) Poet, b. at Tavistock, ed. at Oxf., after which he entered the Inner Temple. His poem...

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• Camden, William

  (1551-1623) Antiquary and historian, b. in London, and ed. at Christ's Hospital, St. Paul's School,...

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• Carleton, William

  (1794-1869) Novelist, s. of a poor Irish cottar, b. and brought up among the Irish peasantry, acqui...

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• Cartwright, William

  (1611-1643) Dramatist, s. of a gentleman of Gloucestershire, who had run through his fortune and ke...

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• Caxton, William

  (1422-1491) Printer and translator, b. in the Weald of Kent, was apprenticed to a London mercer. On...

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• Chamberlayne, William

  (1619-1689) Poet, practised medicine at Shaftesbury. On the outbreak of the Civil War he joined the...

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• Chambers, William

  (1800-1883) Publisher and miscellaneous author, b. at Peebles, started in 1832 with his brother Rob...

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• Chillingworth, William

  (1602-1644) Theologian and controversialist, b. and ed. at Oxf., was godson of Archbishop Laud. Fal...

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• Cobbett, William

  (1762-1835) Essayist and political writer, b. at Farnham, Surrey, s. of a small farmer, his youth w...

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• Collins, William

  (1721-1759) Poet, s. of a respectable hatter at Chichester, where he was b. He was ed. at Chicheste...

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• Combe, William

  (1741-1823) Miscellaneous writer. His early life was that of an adventurer, his later was passed ch...

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• Congreve, William

  (1670-1729) Dramatist, was b. in Yorkshire. In boyhood he was taken to Ireland, and ed. at Kilkenny...

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• Cowper, William

  (1731-1800) Poet, was the s. of the Rev. John C., Rector of Great Berkhampstead, Herts, and Chaplai...

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• Coxe, William

  (1747-1828) Historian, was b. in London, and ed. at Eton and Camb. As tutor to various young men of...

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• Crowe, William

  (1745-1829) Poet, b. at Midgham, Berks, the s. of a carpenter, was ed. as a foundationer at Winches...

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• Dampier, William

  (1652-1715) Discoverer and buccaneer, b. near Yeovil. After various seafaring adventures, and leadi...

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• Dodd, William

  (1729-1777) Divine and forger, ed. at Camb., became a popular preacher in London, and a Royal Chapl...

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• Drummond, William

  (1585-1649) Poet, was descended from a very ancient family, and through Annabella D., Queen of Robe...

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• Dunbar, William

  (1465?-1530?) Poet, is believed to have been b. in Lothian, and ed. at St. Andrews, and in his earl...

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• Falconer, William

  (1732-1769) Poet, s. of a barber in Edin., where he was b., became a sailor, and was thus thoroughl...

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• Fitzstephen, William

  (d. 1190) Was a servant of Thomas à Becket, witnessed his murder, and wrote his biography, which co...

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• Gifford, William

  (1756-1826) Critic and poet, was b. of humble parentage at Ashburton, Devonshire, and after being f...

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• Glen, William

  (1789-1826) Poet, b. in Glasgow, was for some years in the West Indies. He d. in poverty. He wrote ...

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• Godwin, William

  (1756-1836) Philosopher and novelist, b. at Wisbeach, and ed. at a school in Norwich, to which city...

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• Habington, William

  (1605-1654) Poet, s. of a Worcestershire Roman Catholic gentleman, was ed. at St. Omer's, but refus...

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• Hamilton, William

  1) Hamilton, William of Gilbertfield (1665?-1751) Poet, served in the army, from which he retired ...

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• Hanna, William

  (1808-1882) Divine and biographer, s. of Samuel H., Prof. of Divinity in the Presbyterian Coll., Be...

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• Hayley, William

  (1745-1820) Poet and biographer, was b. at Chichester, and ed. at Eton and Camb. Though overstraine...

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• Hazlitt, William

  (1778-1830) Essayist and critic, b. at Maidstone, was the s. of a Unitarian minister. At his father...

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• Hone, William

  (1780-1842) Miscellaneous writer, b. at Bath, in his youth became a convinced and active democrat. ...

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• Howitt, William

  (1792-1879), Howitt, Mary (Botham) (1799-1888) Miscellaneous writers. William H. was b. at Heanor, ...

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• Hunnis, William

  (d. 1597) Poet, was a gentleman of the Chapel Royal to Edward VI., imprisoned during the reign of M...

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• Kingsford, William

  (1819-1898) Historian, b. in London, served in the army, and went to Canada, where he was engaged i...

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• Knox, William

  (1789-1825) Poet, s. of a farmer in Roxburghshire, wrote several books of poetry, The Lonely Hearth...

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• Laidlaw, William

  (1780-1845) Poet, s. of a border farmer, became steward and amanuensis to Sir W. Scott, and was the...

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• Langland, William (or William of Langley)

  (1330?-1400?) Poet. Little can be gleaned as to his personal history, and of that little part is co...

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• Lithgow, William

  (1582-1645) Traveller, b. at Lanark, claimed at the end of his various peregrinations to have tramp...

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• Maginn, William

  (1793-1842) Journalist and miscellaneous writer, b. at Cork, became a contributor to Blackwood's Ma...

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• Mason, William

  (1724-1797) Poet, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Hull, and ed. at Camb. He took orders and rose to be...

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• Meston, William

  (1688?-1745) S. of a blacksmith, was ed. at Marischal Coll., Aberdeen, took part in the '15, and ha...

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• Minto, William

  (1845-1893) Critic and biographer, b. at Alford, Aberdeenshire, and ed. at Aberdeen and Oxf., went ...

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• Mitford, William

  (1744-1827) Historian, e.s. of John M. of Exbury, Hants, descended from an old Northumbrian family,...

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• Morris, William

  (1834-1896) Poet, artist, and socialist, b. at Walthamstow, and ed. at Marlborough School and Oxf. ...

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• Motherwell, William

  (1797-1835) Poet, b. and ed. in Glasgow, he held the office of depute sheriff-clerk at Paisley, at ...

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• Mure, William

  (1799-1860) Scholar, laird of Caldwell, Ayrshire, ed. at Westminster, Edin., and Bonn, sat in Parli...

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• Occam or Ockham, William

  (1270?-1349?) Schoolman, b. at Ockham, Surrey, studied at Oxf. and Paris, and became a Franciscan. ...

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• Oldys, William

  (1696-1761) Antiquary, wrote a Life of Sir W. Raleigh prefixed to an ed. of his works (1736), a Dis...

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• Painter, William

  (1540?-1594) Translator, etc., ed. at Camb., was then successively schoolmaster at Sevenoaks, and C...

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• Paley, William

  (1743-1805) Theologian, s. of a minor canon of Peterborough, where he was b., went at 15 as a sizar...

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• Penn, William

  (1644-1718) Quaker apologist, s. of Sir William P., a celebrated Admiral, was b. in London, and ed....

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• Prynne, William

  (1600-1669) Controversial writer, b. near Bath, ed. at Oxf., studied law at Lincoln's Inn, of which...

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• Robertson, William

  (1721-1793) Historian, s. of the parish minister of Borthwick, Midlothian, where he was b., receive...

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• Roper, William

  (1496-1578) Biographer, s. of a Kentish gentleman, m. Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas More. He has a p...

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• Roscoe, William

  (1753-1831) Historian, s. of a market-gardener near Liverpool, for a time assisted his f., devoting...

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• Rowley, William

  (1585?-1642?) Dramatist, was an actor in the Queen's Company 1610. He collaborated with Middleton i...

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• Russell, William

  (1741-1793) Historian, b. in Selkirkshire, and apprenticed to a bookseller in Edin., he was patroni...

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• Shakespeare, William

  (1564-1616) Dramatist and poet, b. at Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, on 22nd or 23rd, and baptise...

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• Sharp, William ("Fiona MacLeod")

  (1856-1905) Wrote under this pseudonym a remarkable series of Celtic tales, novels, and poems, incl...

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• Shenstone, William

  (1714-1763) Poet, s. of Thomas S., owner of a small estate at Hales Owen, Shropshire. At this place...

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• Sherlock, William

  (1641?-1707) Divine and controversialist, b. at Southwark, ed. at Eton and Camb., took orders, and ...

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• Somerville, William

  (1675-1742) Poet, a Warwickshire squire of literary tastes, wrote among others a poem, The Chase, i...

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• Sotheby, William

  (1757-1833) Poet and translator, belonged to a good family, and was ed. at Harrow. In early life he...

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• Strode, William

  (1600-1645) Poet, only s. of Philip S., who belonged to an old Devonshire family, he was b. at Plym...

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• Stubbs, William

  (1825-1901) Historian, s. of a solicitor, b. at Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and ed. there and at the ...

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• Stukeley, William

  (1687-1765) Antiquary, ed. at Camb., and after practising as a physician took orders in 1729 and he...

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• Taylor, William

  (1765-1836) Translator, etc., s. of a merchant, travelled on the Continent, learned German, and bec...

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• Tennant, William

  (1784-1848) Poet and scholar, a cripple from his birth, was b. at Anstruther (commonly called Anste...

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• Tyndale, William

  (1484?-1536) Translator of the Bible, belonged to a northern family which, migrating to Gloucesters...

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• Tytler, William

  (1711-1792) Historical writer, was a lawyer in Edin., and wrote An Inquiry into the Evidence agains...

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• Warburton, William

  (1698-1779) Theologian, b. at Newark, where his f. was an attorney. Intended for the law, he was fo...

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• Warner, William

  (1558-1609) Poet, b. in London or Yorkshire, studied at Oxf., and was an attorney in London. In 158...

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• Webbe, William

  (b. 1550) Critic and translator. Almost nothing is known of him except that he was at Camb. and act...

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• Westall, William

  (1834-1903) Novelist, was originally in business, but later betook himself to journalism, and also ...

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• Whewell, William

  (1794-1866) Philosopher, theologian and mathematician, s. of a joiner at Lancaster, where he was b....

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• Whiston, William

  (1667-1752) Theologian, and man of science, b. at Norton, Leicestershire, and ed. at Camb., where h...

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• Whitehead, William

  (1715-1785) Poet, s. of a baker at Camb., and ed. at Winchester School and Camb., became tutor in t...

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• Wilberforce, William

  (1759-1833) Philanthropist and religious writer, s. of a merchant, was b. at Hull, ed. at Camb., en...

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• Wilkie, William

  (1721-1772) Poet, b.. in Linlithgowshire, s. of a farmer, and ed. at Edin., he entered the Church, ...

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• Wordsworth, William

  (1770-1850) Poet, s. of John W., attorney and agent to the 1st Lord Lonsdale, was b. at Cockermouth...

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• Wycherley, William

  (1640?-1716) Dramatist, was b. at Clive, near Shrewsbury, where his f. had an estate. He was at the...

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• Archer, William

  (b. 1856) Writer on the drama and translator of Ibsen; ed. Ibsen's Prose Dramas, 5 vols., Collected...

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• Cunningham, William

  D.D. (b. 1849) Economist, etc. Growth of English Industry and Commerce, Western Civilisation, Mode...

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• James, William

  LL.D., etc. (b. 1842) Psychologist. Principles of Psychology (1890), Human Immortality (1897), The...

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• Watson, William

  LL.D. (b. 1858) Poet. The Prince's Quest (1880), Epigrams of Art, Life and Nature (1884), Wordswor...

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• Winter, William

  (b. 1836) American critic, etc. Shakespeare's England, Grey Days and Gold, Old Shrines and Ivy Brow...

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• William Street

  West out of New Bridge Street, at No.21, to Water Street in the precinct of Bridewell (P 0. Director...

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• Clough, Arthur Hugh

  (1819-1861) Poet, s. of a cotton merchant in Liverpool, he spent his childhood in America, but was ...

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• Helps, Sir Arthur

  (1813-1875) Essayist and historian, was b. at Streatham, Surrey, and ed. at Eton and Camb. After le...

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• Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn

  (1815-1881) Historian, biographer, and theologian, s. of Edward S., Bishop of Norwich, b. at Alderl...

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• Benson, Arthur Christopher

  (b. 1862) Poet, biographer and miscellaneous writer. Poems (1893), Lyrics (1895), The Professor and...

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• Blaikie, John Arthur

  (b. 1849) Poet and journalist. Madrigals, Songs, and Sonnets (1870), Love's Victory (1890), and A S...

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• Bullen, Arthur Henry

  (b. 1857) Ed. of Old English writers. Ed. Works of John Day, dramatist (1881), Collection of Old En...

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• Gardner, Ernest Arthur

  (b. 1862) Writer on Greek antiquities. Chapter on Inscriptions in Naukratis I. (1886), Naukratis II...

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• Jones, Henry Arthur

  (b. 1851) Dramatist. A Clerical Error (1879), The Silver King (1882), Saints and Sinners (1884), Th...

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• Stannard, Mrs. Arthur ("John Strange Winter")

  (b. 1856) Novelist. Bootle's Baby, Army Society, Beautiful Jim, The Soul of the Bishop, Grip, He we...

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• Arthur Street East

  East out of King William Street at No. 46 to Monument Square (O.S.). In Bridge Ward Within. Erected...

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• Arthur Street West

  See Arthur Street. ...

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• Port-Arthur Plum

  See plum, native. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Brother-in-law

  ·noun The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husban...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Brothers-in-law

  ·pl of Brother-in-law. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Daughter-in-law

  ·noun The wife of one's son. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Daughters-in-law

  ·pl of Daughter-in-law. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Father-in-law

  ·noun The father of one's husband or wife; — correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fathers-in-law

  ·pl of Father-in-law. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Mother-in-law

  ·noun The mother of one's husband or wife. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sister-in-law

  ·noun The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of o...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sisters-in-law

  ·pl of Sister-in-law. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Son-in-law

  ·noun The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to his wife's parents. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sons-in-law

  ·pl of Son-in-law. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Valued-policy law

  ·add. ·- A law requiring insurance companies to pay to the insured, in case of total loss, the full ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Van't Hoff's law

  ·add. ·- The generalization that: when a system is in equilibrium, of the two opposed interactions t...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Law of Moses

  Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Serjeants-at-Law

  A body of barristers of the highest degree, sworn to serve the King's people in their causes. The J...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• law of nations

  It was originally merely the necessary law of nature applied to nations, as in the instance of recei...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Law Of Moses

  It will be the object of this article to give a brief analysis of the substance of this law, to poin...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

  LL.D. (b. 1859) Novelist. A Study in Scarlet (1887), Micah Clarke (1888), The Sign of Four (1889),...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Pinero, Sir Arthur Wing

  (b. 1855) Dramatist. The Magistrate, Sweet Lavender, The Profligate, The Weaker Sex, Lady Bountiful...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas ("Q")

  (b. 1863) Novelist. Dead Man's Rock (1887), Troy Town (1888), The Splendid Spur (1889), The Blue Pa...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ainsworth, William Harrison

  (1805-1882) Novelist, s. of a solicitor, was b. in Manchester. He was destined for the legal profes...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ireland, William Henry

  (1777-1835) Forger of Shakespeare manuscripts, s. of an antiquarian bookseller in London. He claime...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jerrold, Douglas William

  (1803-1857) Dramatist and miscellaneous writer, s. of an actor, himself appeared as a child upon th...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jevons, William Stanley

  (1835-1882) Logician and economist, b. in Liverpool, s. of an iron merchant, his mother was the dau...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jones, Sir William

  (1746-1794) Orientalist and jurist, was b. in London, and ed. at Harrow and Oxf. He lost his f., an...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Kinglake, Alexander William

  (1809-1891) B. near Taunton, ed. at Eton and Camb., was called to the Bar in 1837, and acquired a c...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lane, Edward William

  (1801-1876) Arabic scholar, s. of a prebendary of Hereford, where he was b., began life as an engra...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Maxwell, William Hamilton

  (1792-1850) Novelist, a Scoto-Irishman, b. at Newry, and ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin, entered the ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mickle, William Julius

  (1735-1788) Poet, s. of the minister of Langholm, Dumfriesshire, was for some time a brewer in Edin...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Newman, Francis William

  (1805-1897) Scholar and theological writer, brother of Cardinal N., b. in London, and ed. at Oxf. A...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Prescott, William Hickling

  (1796-1859) Historian, b. at Salem, Massachusetts, the s. of an eminent lawyer, was ed. at Harvard,...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Rhodes, William Barnes

  (1772-1826) Dramatist, was in the Bank of England, of which he became Chief Teller. He wrote a burl...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ward, William George

  (1812-1882) Theologian, ed. at Winchester and Oxf., and came under the influence of J.H. Newman, wh...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Whitney, William Dwight

  (1827-1894) Philologist, b. at Northampton, Mass., was Prof. of Sanskrit, etc., at Yale, and chief ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• William of Malmesbury

  (fl. 12th cent.) Historian, was an inmate of the great monastery at Malmesbury. His name is said to...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• William of Newburgh, or Newbury

  (1136-1198?) Historian, belonged to the monastery of Newburgh in Yorkshire. His own name is said to...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wills, William Gorman

  (1828-1891) Dramatist, s. of above, b. in Dublin. After writing a novel, Old Times, in an Irish mag...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Anson, Sir William Reynell

  Bart., D.C.L. (b. 1843) Legaland constitutional writer, etc., Law and Custom of the Constitution, ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Barry, Rev. William (Francis)

  D.D. (b. 1849) Novelist, etc. The New Antigone (1887), Two Standards (1898), Arden Massiter (1900)...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Butler, Sir William Francis

  G.C.B. (b. 1838) Traveller and biographer. The Great Lone Land (1872), The Wild North Land (1873),...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Chambers, Robert William

  (b. 1865) American novelist. In the Quarter (1895), The Red Republic (1896), Lorraine, The Cambric ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Courthope, William John

  C.B., LL.D., etc. (b. 1842) Critic, biographer, etc. Ludibria Lunæ (1869), Paradise of Birds (1870...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Gordon-Stables, William

  (b. 1840) Novelist and writer of boys' books. Has written 136 books, including Cruise of the "Snowb...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hazlitt, William Carew

  (b. 1834) Critic, etc. The Venetian Republic (1900), ed. Warton's History of English Poetry, Biogra...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hornung, Ernest William

  (b. 1866) Novelist. A Bride from the Bush (1890), The Boss of Taroomba, The Unbidden Guest (1894), ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Howells, William Dean

  D.Litt. (b. 1837) American novelist, etc. A Foregone Conclusion, A Chance Acquaintance, A Counterf...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jacobs, William Wymark

  (b. 1863) Novelist. Many Cargoes (1896), The Skipper's Wooing (1897), A Master of Craft (1900), At ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lilly, William Samuel

  (b. 1840) Philosopher, etc. Ancient Religion and Modern Thought (1884), Chapters in European Histor...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Locke, William John

  (b. 1863) Novelist. At the Gate of Samaria (1895). The Demagogue and Lady Phayre (1896), A Study in...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• MacKail, John William

  LL.D., etc. (b. 1859) Scholar, etc. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890), Latin Literat...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin