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... literary distinction of an author has been the criterion adopted by the compiler in the difficult task of selection . This will explain the omission of specialists in science , theology , law , politics , etc. , who may have written ...
... literary distinction of an author has been the criterion adopted by the compiler in the difficult task of selection . This will explain the omission of specialists in science , theology , law , politics , etc. , who may have written ...
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... Literary Beacon ' with his brother William . Called to Bar at Gray's Inn , 27 Jan. 1841. Life passed in London ; in legal , literary , and journalistic work . Edited ' Figaro in London , ' 1832-39 ; contrib . to ' Punch , ' ' Times ...
... Literary Beacon ' with his brother William . Called to Bar at Gray's Inn , 27 Jan. 1841. Life passed in London ; in legal , literary , and journalistic work . Edited ' Figaro in London , ' 1832-39 ; contrib . to ' Punch , ' ' Times ...
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... Literary Studies , ' ed . by R. H. Hutton ( 2 vols . ) , 1879 [ 1878 ] ; Economic Studies , ' ed . by Hutton , 1880 ; ' Biographical Studies , ' ed . by Hutton , 1881 ; Essays on Parliamentary Reform , ' 1883 ; The Fostulates of English ...
... Literary Studies , ' ed . by R. H. Hutton ( 2 vols . ) , 1879 [ 1878 ] ; Economic Studies , ' ed . by Hutton , 1880 ; ' Biographical Studies , ' ed . by Hutton , 1881 ; Essays on Parliamentary Reform , ' 1883 ; The Fostulates of English ...
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... literary career . Contrib . to ' Limerick Evening Post ' and other | [ Brother of preceding . ] Born , at Kil- BARBAULD - BARHAM BARING - GOULD. Vicar Bishop Retired to Germany , 1540. Returned to England , 1547 ; appointed Rector of ...
... literary career . Contrib . to ' Limerick Evening Post ' and other | [ Brother of preceding . ] Born , at Kil- BARBAULD - BARHAM BARING - GOULD. Vicar Bishop Retired to Germany , 1540. Returned to England , 1547 ; appointed Rector of ...
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... Literary Gazette , ' and ' Lon- don Chronicle . Edited latter for a time . ' Ingoldsby Legends ' appeared in Bentley's Miscellany , ' 1837- 43 ; in New Monthly Magazine , ' 1843-44 . Divinity Lecturer at St. Paul's , 1842. Vicar of St ...
... Literary Gazette , ' and ' Lon- don Chronicle . Edited latter for a time . ' Ingoldsby Legends ' appeared in Bentley's Miscellany , ' 1837- 43 ; in New Monthly Magazine , ' 1843-44 . Divinity Lecturer at St. Paul's , 1842. Vicar of St ...
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Page 184 - An account of the incidents, from which the title and part of the story of Shakespeare's Tempest were derived; and its true date ascertained.
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