DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY1901 |
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... present Supplement , and the names are necessarily excluded from it . The list roughly indicates the rate at which material for national biography accumulates in the present era . The day of death is appended to each name . ARTHUR ...
... present Supplement , and the names are necessarily excluded from it . The list roughly indicates the rate at which material for national biography accumulates in the present era . The day of death is appended to each name . ARTHUR ...
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... Present , ' with five engravings in each volume , including portraits of Miss O'Neill , Miss Helen Faucit , and Mrs. Charles Kean . His third literary undertaking in the first year of his publishing career was of more permanent interest ...
... Present , ' with five engravings in each volume , including portraits of Miss O'Neill , Miss Helen Faucit , and Mrs. Charles Kean . His third literary undertaking in the first year of his publishing career was of more permanent interest ...
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... present- ment of him at home during his absence . Before Thackeray's return Smith published his ' Lectures on the English Humourists , ' and , in order to make the volume of more presentable size , added elaborate notes by Thackeray's ...
... present- ment of him at home during his absence . Before Thackeray's return Smith published his ' Lectures on the English Humourists , ' and , in order to make the volume of more presentable size , added elaborate notes by Thackeray's ...
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... present . Turgenieff , the Russian novelist , was a guest on one occasion . Subsequently Du Maurier , a regular attendant , drew an amusing menu - card , in which Mrs. Smith was represented driving a reindeer in a sleigh which was laden ...
... present . Turgenieff , the Russian novelist , was a guest on one occasion . Subsequently Du Maurier , a regular attendant , drew an amusing menu - card , in which Mrs. Smith was represented driving a reindeer in a sleigh which was laden ...
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... present and future . ' Almost Browning's last words on his deathbed were to bid his son seek George Smith's advice when- ever he had need of good counsel . Smith superintended the arrangements for Browning's funeral in Westminster Abbey ...
... present and future . ' Almost Browning's last words on his deathbed were to bid his son seek George Smith's advice when- ever he had need of good counsel . Smith superintended the arrangements for Browning's funeral in Westminster Abbey ...
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