White, Henry Kirke

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• White

  ·noun A white pigment; as, Venice white. II. White ·superl Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; ...

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• White

  A symbol of purity (2 Chr. 5:12; Ps. 51:7; Isa. 1:18; Rev. 3:18; 7:14). Our Lord, at his transfigura...

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• white

  1) to requite ; as, God white you, God requite you. Chesh. Var. Dial. 2) to blame ; you lean all th...

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• Paulding, James Kirke

  (1779-1860) Novelist, etc., b. in the state of New York, was chiefly self-educated. He became a fri...

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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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• Cream-white

  ·adj As white as cream. ...

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• Snow-white

  ·adj White as snow; very white. ...

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• Water-white

  ·noun A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and contain...

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• White elephant

  ·add. ·- Something requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit; any burdensome posses...

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• White fly

  ·add. ·- Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to s...

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• White friar

  ·- A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. ·see ...

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• White horse

  ·add. ·- A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of sperm whales, just above the upper ja...

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• White list

  ·add. ·- The official list of all transactions, published daily on white paper, divided into sales f...

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• White mustard

  ·add. ·- A kind of mustard (Sinapis alba) with rough-hairy foliage, a long-beaked hispid pod, and pa...

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• White person

  ·add. ·- A person of the Caucasian race (6 Fed. Rep. 256). ...

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• White plague

  ·add. ·- Tuberculosis, ·esp. of the lungs. ...

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• White slave

  ·add. ·- A woman held in involuntary confinement for purposes of prostitution; loosely, any woman fo...

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• White slaver

  ·add. ·- A person engaged in procuring or holding a woman or women for unwilling prostitution. ...

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• White slaving

  ·add. ·- The action of one who procures or holds a woman or women for unwilling prostitution. ...

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• White-blaze

  ·noun ·see White-face. ...

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• White-ear

  ·noun The <<Wheatear>>. ...

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• White-eye

  ·noun Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops pal...

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• White-face

  ·noun A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; — called also white-b...

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• White-foot

  ·noun A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin. ...

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• White-fronted

  ·adj Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. ...

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• White-heart

  ·noun A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. ...

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• White-hot

  ·adj White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence. ...

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• White-limed

  ·adj Whitewashed or plastered with lime. ...

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• White-livered

  ·adj Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly. ...

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• White-pot

  ·noun A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, ·etc., baked in a pot. ...

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• White-water

  ·noun A dangerous disease of sheep. ...

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• White, Gilbert

  (1720-1793) Naturalist, b. at Selborne, Hants, and ed. along with the Wartons (q.v.) at their fathe...

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• White Bear

  In Abchurch Lane. Destroyed in the Fire 1666. Rebuilt as " Pontack's," for many years a famous tav...

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• White Bull

  Hostel so called in Westmythfeld, 1445 (Cal. L. Bk. K. p.310). Not further identified. ...

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• White Cross

  In an Inquisition 3 Ed. I. mention is made of water coming down from Smethefeld del Barbican in the ...

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• The White Hart

  1) Tenement called the "Sygne de le Whyte Harte " in Westchepe in parish of St. Mary Colchurch, betw...

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• The White Harte

  1) A messuage so called lying in St. Nicholas Fleshambles in parish of Christchurch, 1568 (Lond. I. ...

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• The White Horse

  1) A messuage in Holborne and Fetter Lane, 33 Eliz. (Lond. I p.m. III. 153). Qy. = White Horse Alle...

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• White Street

  West out of Moorfields, at No.39, to Moor Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without. First...

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• The White Swan

  A messuage called the White Swan. In Great Eastcheap in parish of St. Leonard upon Fish street hill,...

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• White Yard

  Out of Lamb Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I ii 108-Boyle, 1799). The site i...

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• lily white

  A chimney-sweeper. ...

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• white ribbin

  Gin. ...

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• white feather

  He has a white feather; he is a coward; an allusion to a game cock, where having a white leather is ...

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• white-livered

  Cowardly, malicious. ...

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• white lie

  A harmless lie, one not told with a malicious intent, a lie told to reconcile people at variance. ...

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• white serjeant

  A man fetched from the tavern or ale-house by his wife, is said to be arrested by the white serjeant...

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• white swelling

  A woman big with child is said to have a white swelling. ...

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• white tape

  Geneva. ...

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• white wool

  Geneva. ...

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• maori, white

  New Zealand miners' name for a stone. See quotation. 1883. `A Citizen,' `Illustrated Guide to Duned...

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• plum, white

  n. local name for Acacia (q.v.). ...

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• white-bream

  See silver-bream ...

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• white wood

  See waddy wood ...

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• white-eye

  n. another name for the bird calledvariously Silver-Eye, Wax-Eye, Blight-Bird, etc., Zosterops (q.v...

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• white-face

  n. a name applied to the Australianbird, Xerophila leucopsis, Gould. Another species isthe Chestnut...

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• white gallinule

  n. one of the birds of thefamily called Rails. The White Gallinule wasrecorded from New South Wales...

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• white-head

  n. a bird of New Zealand, Clitonyx albicapilla, Buller. Found in North Island,but becoming very rar...

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• white-pointer

  n. a New South Wales name forthe White-Shark. See Shark. ...

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• white-top

  n. another name for Flintwood (q.v.). ...

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• white-trevally

  n. an Australian fish.See Trevally. 1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish and Fisheries of NewSout...

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• white nib

  a rook. Yorksh. ...

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• white bite

  The Clupea alba, a well-known fish caught in the Thames, but strictly a sea-fish, erroneously held t...

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• white bait or bite

  The Clupea alba, a well-known fish caught in the Thames, but strictly a sea-fish, erroneously held t...

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• white caps

  Waves with breaking crests, specially between the east end of Jamaica and Kingston; but obtaining ge...

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• white feather

  The figurative symbol of cowardice: a white feather in a cock's tail being considered a proof of cro...

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• white-fish

  A fish of the salmon family, found in the lakes of North America; also a name of the hard-head (whic...

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• white-herring

  A pickled herring in the north, but in other parts a fresh herring is so called. ...

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• white-horse

  A name of the Raia fullonica. (See also white caps.) ...

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• white-lappelle

  A sobriquet for a lieutenant, in allusion to his former uniform. (See lappelle.) ...

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• white-rope

  Rope which has not been tarred. Manilla, coir, and some other ropes, do not require tarring. ...

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• white squall

  A tropical wind said to give no warning; it sweeps the surface with spoon-drift. ...

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• white-tape

  A term amongst smugglers for hollands or gin. ...

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• white-water

  That which is seen over extensive sandy patches, where, owing to the limpidity and shallowness of th...

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• White Hart, White Hart Court

  West out of Bishopsgate, at No, 119, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory). The date 1480 wa...

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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...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• 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...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• 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...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• 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...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• 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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• Wotton, Sir Henry

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• 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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• 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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• 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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• Great White Way

  ·add. ·- Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about...

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• Schwann's white substance

  ·- The substance of the medullary sheath. ...

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• Taylor-White process

  ·add. ·- A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor and Maunsel B. White) for giving toug...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• White, Joseph Blanco

  (1775-1841) Poet, s. of a merchant, an Irish Roman Catholic resident at Seville, where he was b., b...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• White, Richard Grant

  (1822-1885) Shakespearian scholar, b. in New York State, was long Chief of the Revenue Marine Burea...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• White, WIlliam Hale

  (c. 1830) Novelist, etc. The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford (1885), Mark Rutherford's Deliverance...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• White Bear Alley

  West out of Addle Hill, with a passage north to Church Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (Rocque, 1746-L....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Bear Yard

  South out of Bride Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1816) Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Bell Alley

  North out of Great Eastcheap, east of St. Clement's Lane. In Candlewick Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype,...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Cock Alley

  South out of Thames Street to the Thames, west of and leading to Dyers' Hall (O. and M. 1677). Purc...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Cock Court

  East out of Bread Street, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). Site has been rebuilt...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Fryars Lane

  South out of Whitefriars to the Thames (Leake, 1666). See Whitefriars Street. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Fryers Stairs

  At the south end of Waterman's Lane on the Thames, west of Whitefriars Dock (Leake, 1666-L. Guide, 1...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Hall Court

  East from the Tower precinct to St. Katherine's lane (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1811). Removed for the ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Hart Alley

  South out of Leadenhall Street, in Aldgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Former name: "White ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Hart Court

  1) North out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, to the northern boundary of Farringdon Ward Without (Hor...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Hart Inn

  1) On the north side of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, with a passage to 3 Leg Court (Str...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Hart Street

  East out of Warwick Lane, at No.25, to Paternoster Square (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Head Court

  In Duke's Place (W. Stow, 1722-P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Hind Court

  1) See Bishopsgate Buildings. 2) West out of Coleman Street, in Coleman Street Ward (Boyle, 1799). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Hind Yard

  North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M., 1677). See White Hart Inn. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Horse Alley

  1) South out of Holborn, east of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677). See Stok...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Horse Court

  1) East out of Noble Street, in Aldersgate Ward, between Lillypot Lane and Oat Lane (Strype, 1720 an...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Horse Inn

  1) On the east side of Wood Street at No.30, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1816)....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Horse Yard

  1) West out of Coleman Street at No.15, in Coleman Street Ward (P.O. Directory). First mention: Lea...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Legge Entre

  Five tenements and shops in parish of Blessed Mary of Bow called the "White Legge Entre," 4 Ed. VI. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Lion Court

  1) South out of Great Tower Street, east of Beer Lane (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward. Earliest men...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Lion Square

  North out of Old Bethlem at No.16 (Lockie, 1816-Elmes, 1831). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Lion Wharf

  South out of Upper Thames Street at No.17, west of Paul's Wharf. In Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Direct...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Lyon Alley

  See White Lion Court, Cornhill. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Lyon Court

  1) East out of Little Bell Alley, in Broad Street Ward (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1831). The site is now occ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Lyon Tavern

  On the west side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746). Site rebuilt for ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Rampinge Lyon

  See Three Crown Court2, Foster Lane. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Rose Court

  South out of Widegate Street to Middlesex Street (L.C.C. List, 1912). First mention: Lockie, 1810. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Rose Place

  East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype ,ed. 1720-O.S.1880). Former name...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Street, Houndsditch

  See Cutler Street. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Swan Court

  In Newgate Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. Name derived from the sign...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Swan Inn

  1) In Seething Lane, 1636 (L. and P. Chas. I. I635~6, p.380). No other mention. 2) West out of West...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Swan Stairs

  South out of Thames Street on the Thames (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Tawyers' Seld

  Seld of Richer de Refham so called in parish of St. Mary de Colchirch, 1328 (Ct. H.W. I. 339). Not ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• black and white

  In writing. I have it in black and white; I have written evidence. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• white-lipped snake

  n. See under snake. ...

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

• black and white

  To put a thing into black and white, is, to commit it to writing. In use in Scotland.--Jamieson. I ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• white for quite

  QUITE, per aphaeresin, pro REQUITE. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose