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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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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...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Hale, Sir Matthew
(1609-1676) Jurist and miscellaneous writer, has left a great reputation as a lawyer and judge. Ste...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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White, Gilbert
(1720-1793) Naturalist, b. at Selborne, Hants, and ed. along with the Wartons (q.v.) at their fathe...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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maori, white
New Zealand miners' name for a stone. See quotation. 1883. `A Citizen,' `Illustrated Guide to Duned...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-eye
n. another name for the bird calledvariously Silver-Eye, Wax-Eye, Blight-Bird, etc., Zosterops (q.v...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-face
n. a name applied to the Australianbird, Xerophila leucopsis, Gould. Another species isthe Chestnut...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white gallinule
n. one of the birds of thefamily called Rails. The White Gallinule wasrecorded from New South Wales...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-head
n. a bird of New Zealand, Clitonyx albicapilla, Buller. Found in North Island,but becoming very rar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-trevally
n. an Australian fish.See Trevally. 1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish and Fisheries of NewSout...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Allingham, William
(1824-1889) Poet, the s. of a banker of English descent, was b. at Ballyshannon, entered the custom...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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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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Law, William
(1686-1761) Divine, s. of a grocer at Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire, was ed. at Camb., and in 1727 ...
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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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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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White, Joseph Blanco
(1775-1841) Poet, s. of a merchant, an Irish Roman Catholic resident at Seville, where he was b., b...
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White, Richard Grant
(1822-1885) Shakespearian scholar, b. in New York State, was long Chief of the Revenue Marine Burea...
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