Pasture, Mrs. Henry de la (Bonham)

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• Dudeney, Mrs. Henry (Whiffin)

  (b. 1866) Novelist. A Man with a Maid (1897), Folly Corner, Men of Marlowe's, Robin Brilliant, Wise...

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• Manley, Mrs. Mary de la Riviere

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• Ramée, Louise de la ("Ouida")

  (1840?-1908) Novelist, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, dau. of an English f. and a French mother. For many ...

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  a tame lamb. Norf. and Suf. ...

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• Crommelin, May de la Cherois

  Novelist. Queenie, My Love She's but a Lassie, Orange Lily, For the Sake of the Family, Crimson Lili...

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• Ward of Henry de Coventre

  Identified as Vintry Ward (q.v.). ...

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  Identified with Cripplegate Ward (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.259, note). ...

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• (St.) Peter de la Wodewarve, Wood Wharf

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• Wharf of Nicholas de la Garderobe

  In parish of St. Michael Queenhithe, in Queenhithe Ward. "Super croftam kay," 5 Ed. I. (Cal. L. Bk. ...

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• Alford, Henry

  (1810-1871) Theologian, scholar, poet, and miscellaneous writer, s. of a clergyman, was b. in Londo...

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• Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, 1st Viscount

  (1678-1751) Statesman and philosopher, s. of Sir Henry St. J., b. at Battersea, and ed. at Eton and...

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• Brooke, Henry

  (1703-1783) Novelist and dramatist, b. in Ireland, s. of a clergyman, studied law, but embraced lit...

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• Carey, Henry

  (d. 1743) Dramatist and song-writer, was believed to be an illegitimate s. of George Savile, Marqui...

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• Chettle, Henry

  (1565-1607?) Dramatist. Very little is known of him. He ed. R. Greene's Groat's-worth of Wit (1592)...

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• Cockburn, Henry

  (1779-1854) Scottish judge and biographer, b. (probably) and ed. in Edin., became a distinguished m...

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• Cockton, Henry

  (1807-1852) Novelist, b. in London, is only remembered as an author for his novel of Valentine Vox ...

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• Constable, Henry

  (1562-1613) Poet, s. of Sir Robert C., ed. at Camb., but becoming a Roman Catholic, went to Paris, ...

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• Drummond, Henry

  (1851-1897) Theological and scientific writer, b. at Stirling, and ed. at Edin., he studied for the...

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• Fawcett, Henry

  (1833-1884) Statesman and economist, b. at Salisbury, and ed. at Camb., where he became Fellow of T...

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• Fielding, Henry

  (1707-1754) Novelist, was b. at Sharpham Park, near Glastonbury. His father was General Edmund F., ...

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• Glapthorne, Henry

  (fl. 1640) Dramatist, had a high reputation among his contemporaries, though now almost forgotten. ...

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• Hallam, Henry

  (1777-1859) Historian, s. of a Dean of Wells, was b. at Windsor, and ed. at Eton and Oxf. He was ca...

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• Harland, Henry

  (1861-1905) Novelist, b. of American parentage at St. Petersburg, and ed. at Rome. Thereafter he we...

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• Henry VIII

  (1491-1547) Besides writing songs including The Kings Ballad, was a learned controversialist, and c...

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• Henry, Matthew

  (1662-1714) Commentator, s. of Philip H., a learned Nonconformist divine, was b. in Flintshire. He ...

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• Henry, Robert

  (1718-1790) Historian, b. at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, entered the Church of Scotland, becoming o...

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• King, Henry

  (1592-1669) Poet, s. of a Bishop of London, was ed. at Westminster School and Oxf. He entered the C...

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• Kingsley, Henry

  (1830-1876) Novelist, brother of the above, ed. at King's Coll., London, and Oxf., which he left wi...

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• Mackenzie, Henry

  (1745-1831) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a physician in Edin., where he was b. and ed. ...

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• More, Henry

  (1614-1687) Philosopher, b. at Grantham, and ed. at Camb., took orders, but declined all preferment...

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• Morley, Henry

  (1822-1894) Writer on English literature, s. of an apothecary, was b. in London, ed. at a Moravian ...

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• Reed, Henry

  (1808-1854) Critic, was Prof. of English Literature in the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He d. in a shipwr...

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• Reeve, Henry

  (1813-1895) Editor, etc., s. of a physician, was on the staff of the Times, the foreign policy of w...

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• Rogers, Henry

  (1806-1877) Critic and theologian, was a minister of the Congregationalist Church, and ultimately P...

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• Timrod, Henry

  (1829-1867) Poet, b. at Charleston, S. Carolina, of German descent, was ruined by the Civil War, an...

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• Vaughan, Henry

  (1622-1695) Poet, b. in the parish of Llansaintffraed, Brecknock, and as a native of the land of th...

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• James, Henry

  (b. 1843) American novelist and critic. A Passionate Pilgrim (1875), The American (1877), The Europ...

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• De jure

  ·- By right; of right; by law; — often opposed to de facto. ...

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• De rigueur

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• Centlivre, Mrs. Susanna

  (1667-1723) Dramatist and actress, was the dau. of a gentleman of the name of either Rawkins or Fre...

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• Gatty, Mrs. Alfred (Margaret Scott)

  (1809-1873) Dau. of Rev. A.J. Scott, D.D., a navy chaplain, who served under, and was the trusted f...

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• Godwin, Mrs. Mary (Wollstonecraft)

  (1759-1797) Miscellaneous writer, was of Irish extraction. Her f. was a spend-thrift of bad habits,...

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• Gore, Mrs. Catherine Grace Frances (Moody)

  (1799-1861) Novelist, dau. of a wine merchant at Retford, where she was b. She m. a Captain Gore, w...

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• Grant, Mrs. Anne (M'Vicar)

  (1755-1838) Was b. in Glasgow, and in 1779 m. the Rev. James Grant, minister of Laggan, Inverness-s...

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• Haywood, Mrs. Eliza (Fowler)

  (1693-1756) Dramatist and novelist, b. in London, was early m. to a Mr. H., but the union turning o...

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• Hutchinson, Mrs. Lucy

  (b. 1620) Biographer, dau. of Sir Allan Apsley, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, m. in 1638 John,...

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• Inchbald, Mrs. Elizabeth (Simpson)

  (1753-1821) Novelist and dramatist, dau. of a Suffolk farmer. In a romantic fit she left her home a...

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• Macaulay, Mrs. Catherine (Sawbridge)

  (1731-1791) Dau. of a landed proprietor of Kent, was an advocate of republicanism, and a sympathise...

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• Oliphant, Mrs. Margaret Oliphant (Wilson)

  (1828-1897) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, was b. near Musselburgh. Her literary output began w...

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• Opie, Mrs. Amelia (Alderson)

  (1769-1853) Novelist, dau. of a medical man, was b. at Norwich. In 1798 she m. John Opie, the paint...

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• Radcliffe, Mrs. Ann (Ward)

  (1764-1823) Novelist, only dau. of parents in a respectable position, in 1787 m. Mr. William Radcli...

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• Sigourney, Mrs. Lydia (Huntley)

  (1791-1865) American verse writer, was an extraordinarily copious writer of smooth, sentimental ver...

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• Smith, Mrs. Charlotte (Turner)

  (1749-1806) Was m. at 15 to a West Indian merchant, who by a series of misfortunes and imprudences ...

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• Somerville, Mrs. Mary (Fairfax)

  (1780-1872) Mathematician and writer on science, dau. of Admiral Sir William G. Fairfax, b. at Jedb...

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• Trollope, Mrs. Frances (Milton)

  (1780-1863) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, b. at Stapleton near Bristol, m. in 1809 Thomas A.T....

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• Webster, Mrs. Augusta (Davies)

  (1837-1894) Poet and translator, dau. of Admiral Davies, m. Mr. Thomas Webster, a solicitor. She wr...

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• Wood, Mrs. Ellen (Price)

  (1814-1887) Novelist, writing as "Mrs. Henry Wood," was b. at Worcester. She wrote over 30 novels, ...

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• Besant, Mrs. Annie

  (b. 1847) Theosophist. Re-incarnation (1892), Death and After (1893), Karma (1895), The Self and it...

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• Bland, Mrs. Hubert ("E. Nesbit")

  (b. 1858) Poet and novelist. Lays and Legends (1886), second series (1892), A Pomander of Verse (18...

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• Clifford, Mrs. W.K. (Lane)

  Novelist, etc. Mrs. Keith's Crime (1885), Love Letters of a Worldly Woman (1891), Aunt Anne (1893), ...

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• Cotes, Mrs. Everard (Duncan)

  (b. 1861) Novelist. A Social Departure (1890), American Girl in London (1891), The Simple Adventure...

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• Esler, Mrs. Erminda (Rentoul)

  Novelist. The Way of Transgressors (1890), The Way they loved at Grimpat (1894), 'Mid Green Pastures...

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• Meynell, Mrs. Alice (Thompson)

  Poet and essayist. Preludes, The Rhythm of Life (1893), The Colour of Life (1896), The Flower of the...

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• Reeves, Mrs. H.

  see Mathers, Helen. ...

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• Rhys, Mrs. Grace

  (b. 1865) Novelist and essayist. Mary Dominic (1898), The Wooing of Sheila (1901), The Bride (1909)...

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• Smith, Mrs. Burnett ("Annie S. Swan")

  Novelist. Aldersyde, Carlowrie, A Lost Ideal, A Divided House, Not Yet (1898), etc. ...

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• Smith, Mrs. Toulmin

  see Meade, L.T.. ...

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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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• Ward, Mrs. Humphrey (Arnold)

  (b. 1851) Novelist. Milly and Olly (1881), Miss Bretherton (1886), Robert Elsmere (1888), The Histo...

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• (St.) Mary Magdalen at the Fishmarket, de la Fishstrete

  See St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street. There was an altar in the Priory Church to St. Mary Magdale...

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• Beecher, Henry Ward

  (1813-1887) Orator and divine, s. of Lyman B. and bro. of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was one of the mos...

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• Bell, Henry Glassford

  (1805-1874) Poet and historian, was a member of the Scottish Bar, and became Sheriff of Lanarkshire...

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• Henry the Minstrel

  Blind Harry ...

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• Boker, George Henry

  (1823-90) Poet, was in the American Diplomatic Service. Among his dramas, generally tragedies, are ...

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• Buckle, Henry Thomas

  (1821-1862) Historical writer, s. of a wealthy shipowner in London, was b. at Lee in Kent. Though n...

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• Byron, Henry James

  (1834-1884) Dramatist, b. at Manchester, entered the Middle Temple, but soon took to writing for th...

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• Cary, Henry Francis

  (1772-1844) Translator, was b. at Gibraltar, and ed. at Oxf., where he was distinguished for his cl...

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• Clinton, Henry Fynes

  (1781-1852) Chronologist, b. at Gamston, Notts, ed. at Southwell, Westminster, and Oxf., where he d...

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• Dana, Richard Henry

  (1787-1879) Novelist and critic, b. at Camb., Mass., was called to the Bar in 1817. Among his novel...

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• Henry of Huntingdon

  (1084-1155) Historian, was Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1109. His Historia Anglorum (History of th...

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• Henry, The Minstrel

  see Blind Harry. ...

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• Horne, Richard Henry or Hengist

  (1803-1884) Eccentric poet, was b. in London, and ed. at Sandhurst for the East India Company Servi...

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• Huxley, Thomas Henry

  (1825-1895) Scientific writer, s. of an assistant master in a public school, was b. at Ealing. From...

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• Ireland, William Henry

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

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• Kames, Henry Home, Lord

  (1696-1782) Miscellaneous writer, s. of Geo. H., of Kames, Berwickshire, was admitted an advocate i...

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• Knight, Henry Gally

  (1786-1846) A country gentleman of Yorkshire, ed. at Eton and Camb., was the author of several Orie...

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• Lewes, George Henry

  (1817-1878) Philosopher and miscellaneous writer, b. in London, and ed. at Greenwich, and in Jersey...

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• Liddell, Henry George

  (1811-1898) Historian, etc. Ed. at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxf., of which in 1855 he became...

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• Liddon, Henry Parry

  (1829-1890) Divine, s. of a captain in the navy, was b. at North Stoneham, Hants, and ed. at King's...

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• Lister, Thomas Henry

  (1800-1842) Novelist, ed. at Westminster and Camb., was latterly the first Registrar-General for En...

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• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

  (1807-1882) Poet, was b. at Portland, Maine, the s. of Stephen L., a lawyer. From childhood he care...

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• Lyte, Henry Francis

  (1793-1847) Hymn-writer, b. at Ednam, near Kelso, of an ancient Somersetshire family, and ed. at Tr...

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• Manning, Henry Edward

  (1808-1892) Cardinal and theologian. B. at Totteridge, Herts, and ed. at Harrow and Oxf., where he ...

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• Mansel, Henry Longueville

  (1820-1871) Metaphysician, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Cosgrave, Northamptonshire, and ed. at Merc...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Milman, Henry Hart

  (1791-1868) Poet and historian, s. of Sir Francis M., a distinguished physician, ed. at Eton and Ox...

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• Newman, John Henry

  (1801-1890) Theologian, s. of a London banker, and brother of the above, was ed. at Ealing and Trin...

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• Pearson, Charles Henry

  (1830-1894) B. at Islington, ed. at Rugby and King's Coll., London, at the latter he became Prof. o...

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• Pye, Henry James

  (1745-1813) A country gentleman of Berkshire, who pub. Poems on Various Subjects and Alfred, an Epi...

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• Robinson, Henry Crabb

  (1775-1867) Diarist, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, was articled to an attorney in Colchester. Between 180...

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• Savile, Sir Henry

  (1549-1622) Scholar, ed. at Oxf., where he lectured on mathematics. He was afterwards Warden of Mer...

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• Shaw, Henry Wheeler ("Josh Billings")

  (1818-1885) Humorist, b. in Massachusetts. After working on steam-boats and farming, he became an 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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• Spelman, Sir Henry

  (1564?-1641) Historian and antiquary, b. at Congham, Norfolk, studied at Camb., and entered Lincoln...

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• Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope

  (1805-1875) Historian, was b. at Walmer, and ed. at Oxf. He sat in the House of Commons for Wootton...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Stoddard, Richard Henry

  (1825-1903) Poet, b. at Hingham, Mass., worked in a foundry, and afterwards in New York Custom Hous...

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• Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of

  (1517?-1547) Poet, s. of Thomas H., 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was ed. by John Clerke, a learned and trav...

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• Taylor, Sir Henry

  (1800-1886) Dramatist, s. of a gentleman farmer in the county of Durham. After being at sea for som...

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• Thoreau, Henry David

  (1817-1862) Essayist, poet, and naturalist, was b. at Concord, Massachusetts. His f., of French ext...

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• Tuckerman, Henry Theodore

  (1813-1871) Essayist, etc., b. in Boston, Mass. He was a sympathetic and delicate critic, with a gr...

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• Underwood, Francis Henry

  (1825-1894) Critic and biographer, b. in Massachusetts, was American Consul at Glasgow and Leith. H...

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• White, Henry Kirke

  (1785-1806) Poet, s. of a butcher at Nottingham. At first assisting his f., next a stocking weaver,...

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• Wotton, Sir Henry

  (1568-1639) Diplomatist and poet, s. of a Kentish gentleman, was b. at Boughton Park, near Maidston...

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• Beeching, Rev. Henry Charles

  D.Litt. (b. 1859) Miscellaneous writer. In a Garden and other Poems (1895), Pages from a Private D...

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• Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie

  (b. 1856) Poet and critic. Spring's Immortality and other Poems, Christina Rossetti, Pictures of Tr...

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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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• Butcher, Samuel Henry

  LL.D., etc. (b. 1850) Scholar. Prose Translation of the Odyssey (1879), with A. Lang, Some Aspects...

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• Dobson, Henry Austin

  LL.D. (b. 1840) Poet and biographer. Poems, Vignettes in Rhyme (1873), Proverbs in Porcelain (1877...

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• Haggard, Henry Rider

  (b. 1856) Novelist, etc. The Witch's Head (1885), King Solomon's Mines (1886), She (1887), Jess (18...

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• Hewlett, Maurice Henry

  (b. 1861) Poet and novelist. Earthwork out of Tuscany (1895), The Masque of Dead Florentines (1895)...

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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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• Sayce, Archibald Henry

  D.Litt., LL.D., etc. (b. 1846) Orientalist and philologist, etc. Principles of Comparative Philolo...

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• King Henry Yard

  West out of Nightingale lane. In East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810). Former name : "King H...

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• Aber-de-vine

  ·noun The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfin...

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• Aid-de-camp

  ·noun An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspon...

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• Aids-de-camp

  ·pl of Aid-de-camp. ...

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• Auto-de-fe

  ·noun ·same·as Auto-da-fe. ...

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• Autos-de-fe

  ·pl of Auto-de-fe. ...

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• Beche de mer

  ·- The <<Trepang>>. ...

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• Carte de visite

  ·- A visiting card. II. Carte de visite ·- A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a...

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• Cartes de visite

  ·pl of Carte de visite. ...

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• Chanson de geste

  ·add. ·- Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events or exploits of early French history,...

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• Cheval-de-frise

  ·noun A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six ...

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• Chevaux-de-frise

  ·pl of Cheval-de-frise. ...

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• Cobra de capello

  ·- The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India. Naja --. ...

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• Cul-de-sac

  ·noun Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end. II. Cul-de-sac ·nou...

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• Culs-de-sac

  ·pl of Cul-de-sac. ...

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• De bene esse

  ·- Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. ...

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• Eau de Cologne

  ·- ·same·as <<Cologne>>. ...

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• Eau de vie

  ·- French name for brandy. ·cf. Aqua vitae, under <<Aqua>>. ...

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• Edition de luxe

  ·- ·see <<Luxe>>. ...

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• Felo-de-se

  ·noun One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the ...

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• Felos-de-se

  ·pl of Felo-de-se. ...

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• Fer-de-lance

  ·noun A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is a...

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• Feu de joie

  ·- A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy. ...

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• Fin de siecle

  ·add. ·- Lit., end of the century; — mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, o...

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• Fleur-de-lis

  ·noun The iris. ·see Flower-de-luce. II. Fleur-de-lis ·noun A conventional flower suggested by the ...

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• Fleurs-de-lis

  ·pl of Fleur-de-lis. ...

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• Flower-de-luce

  ·noun A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often ...

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• Hors de combat

  ·- Out of the combat; disabled from fighting. ...

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• Hotel-de-ville

  ·noun A city hall or townhouse. ...

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• Martel de fer

  ·- A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; — used by horsemen in t...

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• Mont de piete

  ·- One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, t...

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• Mousseline de soie

  ·add. ·- A soft thin silk fabric with a weave like that of muslin. ...

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• Oeil-de-boeuf

  ·add. ·noun A circular or oval window; — generally used of architecture of the 17th and 18th centur...

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• Oeil-de-perdrix

  ·add. ·adj Having a brownish red color; — used ·esp. of light-colored red wine. II. Oeil-de-perdri...

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• Oeils-de-boeuf

  ·add. ·pl of Oeil-de-boeuf. ...

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• Rez-de-chaussee

  ·add. ·vt The ground story of a building, either on a level with the street or raised slightly above...

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• Robe-de-chambre

  ·noun A dressing gown, or morning gown. ...

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• Scrutin de liste

  ·add. ·- Voting for a group of candidates for the same kind of office on one ticket or ballot, conta...

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• Tete-de-pont

  ·noun A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications acr...

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• Tetes-de-pont

  ·pl of Tete-de-pont. ...

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• Tripe-de-roche

  ·noun ·same·as Rock tripe, under <<Rock>>. ...

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• Trou-de-loup

  ·noun A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach o...

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• Trous-de-loup

  ·pl of Trou-de-loup. ...

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• Vers de societe

  ·- ·see Society verses, under <<Society>>. ...

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• Bury, Richard de

  (1281-1345) S. of Sir Richard Aungerville, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, studied at Oxf., and was a Bened...

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• De Morgan, Augustus

  (1806-1871) Mathematician, b. in India, and ed. at Camb., was one of the most brilliant of English ...

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• De Quincey, Thomas

  (1785-1859) Essayist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a merchant in Manchester, was b. there. The ar...

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• Mandeville, Bernard de

  (1670-1733) Satirist, a native of Dort in Holland, who having studied medicine at Leyden, came over...

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• Robert de Brunne

  See Mannyng, Robert ...

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• Map, or Mapes, Walter de

  (fl. 1200) Ecclesiastical statesman and romancist. Most of the facts about him are gleaned from his...

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• Wendover, Roger de

  (d. 1236) Chronicler, a monk of St. Albans, became Prior of Belvoir, from which he was deposed for ...

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• Flower de Luce

  A messuage and brewhouse so called in Golding Layne in parish of St. Giles without Creplegate, 33 El...

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• (St.) Margaret de Brugge

  See St. Margaret Fish Street Hill. ...

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• (St.) Martin de Garlekhuthe

  See St. Martin Vintry. ...

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• (St.) Mary de Aldermygbure

  See St. Mary Aldermanbury. ...

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• (St.) Mary de Arcubus

  See St. Mary le Bow. ...

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• (St.) Mary de Berkyngcherch

  See All Hallows Barking. ...

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• (St.) Mary de Newechirche

  St. Mary "que Niwekirke" dicitur, mentioned in Charter of Wm. I. to Westminster Abbey (Cott. Ch. vi....

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• (St.) Mary de Vaucherche

  See St. Mary Fenchurch. ...

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• (St.) Mary de Westcheping

  In the Charter of Eudo Dapifer "de fundatione Ecclesiae S. Johannis de Colcestre" is : "Et ecclesiam...

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• (St.) Nicholas de Bucher'

  See St. Nicholas Shambles. ...

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• (St.) Nicholas de Candelwryhtestrate

  See St. Nicholas Acon. ...

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• (St.) Nicholas de Colmanstrete

  Mentioned in Will of 1329-30 (Ct. H.W. I. 355). Sharpe suggests that it is either S. Stephen Colema...

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• (St.) Nicholas de Stallo

  See St. Nicholas Shambles. ...

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• (St.) Nicholas de Westmacekaria

  See St. Nicholas Shambles. ...

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