King Charles spaniel

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• Spaniel

  ·adj Cringing; fawning. II. Spaniel ·noun A cringing, fawning person. III. Spaniel ·vt To follow l...

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• King

  ·noun The chief piece in the game of chess. II. King ·noun A crowned man in the game of draughts. ...

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• King

  Is in Scripture very generally used to denote one invested with authority, whether extensive or limi...

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• King

  "a chief ruler, one invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country."-Webster. In th...

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• Blenheim spaniel

  ·- A small variety of spaniel, kept as a pet. ...

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• Cocker spaniel

  ·add. ·- One of a breed of small or medium-sized spaniels kept for hunting or retrieving game or for...

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• Norfolk spaniel

  ·add. ·- One of a breed of field spaniels similar to the clumbers, but shorter in body and of a live...

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• Water spaniel

  ·- A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water. ...

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• King-post

  ·noun A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent...

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• Sea king

  ·- One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plun...

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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...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• King Street

  1) South-west out of West Smithfield, at No. 1 to No.10 Snow Hill (P.O. Directory). First mention: ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• king-fish

  n. In New Zealand a sea-fish, Seriola lalandii (Maori, Haku), sometimes called the Yellow-tail; in ...

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

• king-parrot

  See parrot. 1865. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discoveryand Exploration of Australia,'...

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• king harry

  a goldfinch. Norf. and SufF. ...

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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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• king-crab

  The Limulus polyphemus of the West Indies. ...

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• king-fish

  The Zeus luna. Carteret took one at Masafuero 5-1/2 feet long, and weighing 87 lbs. Also, the Scombe...

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• king-fisher

  The Alcedo ispida; a small bird of brilliant plumage frequenting rivers and brooks, and feeding upon...

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• Churchill, Charles

  (1731-1764) Satirist, s. of a clergyman, was ed. at Westminster School, and while still a schoolboy...

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• Cotton, Charles

  (1630-1687) Poet and translator, succeeded to an embarrassed estate, which his happy-go-lucky metho...

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• Darwin, Charles Robert

  (1809-1882) Naturalist, s. of a physician, and grandson of Dr. Erasmus D. (q.v.), and of Josiah Wed...

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• Dibdin, Charles

  (1745-1814) Dramatist and song writer, b. at Southampton, began his literary career at 16 with a dr...

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• Dickens, Charles

  (1812-1870) Novelist, b. at Landport, near Portsmouth, where his f. was a clerk in the Navy Pay-Off...

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• Gildon, Charles

  (1665-1724) Critic and dramatist, belonged to a Roman Catholic family, and was an unsuccessful play...

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• Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke

  (1794-1865) Political annalist, ed. at Eton and Oxf., was a page to George III., sec. to Earl Bathu...

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• Johnstone, Charles

  (1719?-1800) Novelist. Prevented by deafness from practising at the Irish Bar, he went to India, wh...

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• Kingsley, Charles

  (1819-1875) Novelist and historian, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Holne Vicarage near Dartmoor, but ...

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• Knight, Charles

  (1791-1873) Publisher and writer, b. at Windsor, where his f.. was a bookseller. After serving his ...

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• Lamb, Charles

  (1775-1834) Essayist and poet, was b. in London, his f. being confidential clerk to Samuel Salt, on...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• MacKay, Charles

  (1814-1889) Poet and journalist, s. of a naval officer, was b. at Perth, and ed. at the Royal Caled...

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• Macklin, Charles

  (1697?-1797) Actor and dramatist, b. in the north of Ireland, was one of the most distinguished act...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Merivale, Charles

  (1808-1893) Historian, s. of John Herman M., a translator and minor poet, b. in London, ed. at Harr...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Neaves, Charles, Lord

  (1800-1876) Miscellaneous author, b. and ed. in Edinburgh, was called to the Bar, and became a judg...

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• Reade, Charles

  (1814-1884) Novelist, s. of a country gentleman of Oxfordshire, ed. at Oxf., and called to the Bar ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sprague, Charles

  (1791-1875) Poet, b. at Boston, Mass., had some reputation as a writer of prize poems, odes, and do...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Waterton, Charles

  (1782-1865) Naturalist, belonged to an old Roman Catholic family in Yorkshire, and was ed. at Stony...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wesley, Charles

  (1707-1788) Hymn-writer, younger brother of John W. (q.v.), was b. at Epworth, and ed. at Westminst...

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• Whitehead, Charles

  (1804-1862) Poet, novelist, and dramatist; is specially remembered for three works, all of which me...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wolfe, Charles

  (1791-1823) Poet, s. of a landed gentleman in Kildare, was b. in Dublin, where he completed his ed....

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• Whibley, Charles

  Critic and reviewer. A Book of Scoundrels, Studies in Frankness, The Pageantry of Life, Thackeray (1...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Charles Court

  Out of Bartholomew Close, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in t...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Charles Street

  1) North out of Cripplegate Street, at No. 4, to Fann Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward W...

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• Shorter, Clement King

  (b. 1858) Journalist and biographer. Charlotte Bronté and her Circle (1896), Sixty Years of Victori...

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• King Edward Street

  1) South out of Tudor Street to William Street in the precincts of Bridewell (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 18...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• King Henry Yard

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

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• King Street Passage

  Out of Little Tower Hill (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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• King Street, Cheapside

  North out of Cheapside at No. 92, across Gresham Street to the Guildhall (P.O. Directory). In Cheap ...

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• King Tudor Street

  See Tudor Street. ...

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• King William Street

  South from Lombard Street, at No. 6, to Adelaide Place, London Bridge (P.O. Directory). Extends thr...

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• Three King Court

  1) South out of Lombard Street at No.33, with a passage into Nag's Head Court and out into St. Cleme...

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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 ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• king john's men

  He is one of king John's men, eight score to the hundred: a saying of a little undersized man. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• king william pine

  n. a Tasmanian tree.See cedar. ...

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

• king john's men

  The Adullamites of the navy. ...

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• Allen, Charles Grant

  (1848-1899) Scientific writer and novelist, b. in Canada, to which his f., a clergyman, had emigrat...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Brown, Charles Brockden

  (1771-1810) Novelist, b. in Philadelphia, belonged to a Quaker family, became a lawyer, but exchang...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Browne, Charles Farrar

  (1834-1867) Humorist (Artemus Ward), b. in Maine, U.S., worked as a compositor and reporter, and be...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Calverley, Charles Stuart

  (1831-1884) Poet and translator, s. of the Rev. H. Blayds (who assumed the name of Calverley), was ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Clarke, Charles Cowden

  (1787-1877) Writer on Shakespeare, was a publisher in London. He lectured on Shakespeare and on Eur...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Colton, Charles Caleb

  (1780-1832) Miscellaneous writer, ed. at Eton and Camb., took orders and held various livings. He w...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Dilke, Charles Wentworth

  (1789-1864) Critic and writer on literature, served for many years in the Navy Pay-Office, on retir...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll")

  (1832-1898) Mathematician and writer of books for children, s. of a clergyman at Daresbury, Cheshir...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of

  (1638-1706) Poet, was one of the dissolute and witty courtiers of Charles II., and a friend of Sir ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Fox, Charles James

  (1749-1806) Statesman and historian, s. of Henry F., 1st Lord Holland, was one of the greatest orat...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of

  (1661-1715) A famous wit, statesman, and patron of literature, was ed. at Westminster School and Tr...

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• Hare, Julius Charles

  (1795-1855) Essayist, etc., younger brother of the above, was b. at Vicenza. When two years old his...

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• Hoffman, Charles Fenno

  (1806-1884) Poet, etc., b. in New York, s. of a lawyer, was bred to the same profession, but early ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jones, Ernest Charles

  (1819-1869) Poet, novelist, and Chartist, s. of Major J., equerry to the Duke of Cumberland, afterw...

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• Leland, Charles Godfrey

  (1824-1903) American humorist, b. at Philadelphia, was ed. at Princeton, and in Europe. In his trav...

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• Lever, Charles James

  (1806-1872) Novelist, b. at Dublin, and ed. at Trinity Coll. there. He studied medicine at Göttinge...

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• Lyell, Sir Charles

  (1797-1875) Geologist and writer, s. of Charles L., of Kinnordy, Forfarshire (a distinguished botan...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Maturin, Charles Robert

  (1782-1824) Novelist, b. in Dublin of Huguenot ancestry, was ed. at Trinity Coll. there, and taking...

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• Norton, Charles Eliot, Ll.D., D.C.L., etc.

  (1827-1909) American biographer and critic. Church Building in the Middle Ages (1876), translation ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Pearson, Charles Henry

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sands, Robert Charles

  (1799-1832) Miscellaneous writer, b. at New York, was a scholarly and versatile writer, but without...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sedley, Sir Charles

  (1639?-1701) Poet, s. and heir of a Kentish baronet, was at Oxf. and, coming to the Court of Charle...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

  (1834-1892) B. at Kelvedon, Essex, left the Independents and joined the Baptist communion and becam...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Swinburne, Algernon Charles

  (1837-1909) Poet, s. of Admiral S. and of Lady Jane Ashburnham, dau. of the 3rd Earl of A., b. in L...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Tennyson Turner, Charles

  (1808-1879) Poet, elder brother of Alfred T. (q.v.), ed. at Camb., entered the Church, and became V...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wells, Charles Jeremiah

  (1800?-1879) Poet, b. in London, where he practised as a solicitor, pub. in 1822 Stories after Natu...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Beazley, Charles Raymond

  F.R.G.S. (b. 1868) Historical geographer, James of Aragon (1870), Henry the Navigator (1895), Dawn...

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• Craddock, Charles Egbert

  see Murfree, Mary Noailles. ...

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• Doughty, Charles Montague

  Traveller and poet. Wanderings in Arabia (1908) (new ed. abridged from Arabia Deserta), The Dawn in ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Herford, Charles Harold

  Litt.D. (b. 1853) Scholar and critical writer. Studies in the Literary Relations of England and Ge...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Chronicles of king David

  (1 Chr. 27:24) were statistical state records; one of the public sources from which the compiler of ...

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• King Street, Cloth Fair

  See Kinghorn Street, Cloth Fair. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• King Street, Tower Hill

  North out of Tower Hill to Royal Mint Street (P.O. Directory). Earliest mention (Hatton, 1708). No...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Sun Alley, King Street

  See Prudent Passage. ...

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• king of the gypsies

  The captain, chief, or ringleader of the gang of misrule: in the cant language called also the uprig...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• king of spain's trumpeter

  See spanish ...

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• king of the herrings

  n. another name for the elephant-fish (q.v.). 1890. A. H. S. Lucas, `Handbook of the AustralasianA...

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• Brooks, Charles William Shirley

  (1816-1874) Journalist and novelist, b. in London, began life in a solicitor's office. He early, ho...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan

  (1816-1903) Poet, b. in Monaghan, early took to journalism, and became one of the founders of the N...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury

  (1708-1759) Diplomatist and satirist, s. of John Hanbury, a Welsh ironmaster, assumed the name of W...

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• Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth

  Bart., P.C., LL.D., etc. (b. 1843) Political writer. Greater Britain (1868), The Fall of Prince Fl...

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• Oman, Charles William Chadwick

  (b. 1860) Historian. A History of Greece (1888), Warwick the Kingmaker (1891), Short History of the...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Roberts, Charles George Douglas

  (b. 1860) Canadian poet and naturalist. In verse, Orion (1880), In Divers Tones (1887), Songs of th...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• (St.) Edmund the King and Martyr

  On the north side of Lombard Street at No. 58 east of Birchin Lane (P.O. Directory). In Langbourne W...

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• King and Key Coach Office

  On the north side of Fleet Street at 142, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-1816). Not named...

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• King Street, St. James' Place

  North out of Creechurch Lane to St. James' Place (P.C. 1732-O.S. 1894). Former name : "Duke's Place...

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• Statue of King William IV

  At the junction of King William Street and Cannon Street. Erected at the time of the formation of t...

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• (St.) Edmund the King and Martyr Churchyard

  On the north side of the church (O. and M., 1677-O.S. 1880). Mentioned 1557 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 31)....

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