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Campbell, Lewis
(1830-1908) Scholar, s. of a naval officer, ed. at Edin., Glasgow, and Oxf., took orders, and was V...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Theobald, Lewis
(1688-1744) Editor of Shakespeare, and translator, originally an attorney, betook himself to litera...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wallace, Lewis
(1827-1905) Novelist, b. at Brookville, Indiana, served with distinction in the Mexican and Civil W...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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dream-holes
the openings left in the walls of steeples, towers, barns, &c. for the admission of light. Glouc. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Burckhardt, John Lewis
(1784-1817) Traveller, b. at Lausanne and ed. in Germany, came to England in 1806 and wrote his boo...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Lewis, Matthew Gregory
(1775-1818) Novelist, s. of Matthew L., Deputy Sec. in the War Office, was ed. at Westminster and O...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Morris, Sir Lewis
(1833-1907) Poet, b. at Penrhyn, Carnarvonshire, and ed. at Sherborne and Oxf., was called to the B...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Lewis, Sir George Cornewall
(1806-1863) Scholar and statesman, s. of Sir Thomas F.L., a Radnorshire baronet, was ed. at Eton an...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin