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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Yonge, Charlotte Mary

​Yonge, charlotte Mary (1823-1901).—Novelist, only dau. of a landed gentleman of Hampshire, was b. near Winchester, and in her girlhood came under the influence of Keble, who was a near neighbour. She began writing in 1848, and pub. during her long life about 100 works, chiefly novels, interesting and ​well-written, with a High Church tendency. Among the best known are The Heir of Redclyffe, Heartsease, and The Daisy Chain. She also wrote Cameos from English History, and Lives of Bishop Patteson and Hannah More. The profits of her works were devoted to religious objects.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Wyntoun, Andrew of

​Wyntoun, Andrew of (1350?-1420?).—Chronicler, was a canon of St. Andrews, who became Prior of St. Serf's island in Loch Leven. His work, entitled The Orygynale Cronykil, begins with the creation of angels and men and comes down to 1406. It is poetic in form though rarely so in substance, and is of considerable historical value in its later parts and as regards the see of St. Andrews.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Wright, Thomas

​Wright, Thomas (1810-1877).—Antiquary, b. near Ludlow, of Quaker parentage, was ed. at Camb. His first work was a History of Essex (1831-36). In 1836 he went to London, and adopted literature as a profession, devoting himself specially to archæology, history, and biography. He held office in various societies such as the "Camden," "Percy," and "Shakespeare," and ed. many works for them. In all he was the author of over 80 publications, of which some of the chief are The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon, Biographia Britannica Literaria, Queen Elizabeth and her Times, and History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in England during the Middle Ages. He was superintendent of the excavation of the Roman city at Wroxeter in 1859.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Yates, Edmund

​Yates, Edmund (1831-1894).—Novelist and dramatist, b. at Edin., held for some years an appointment in the General Post Office. He did much journalistic work, mainly as a dramatic writer, and wrote many dramatic pieces and some novels, including Running the Gauntlet and The Black Sheep. He was perhaps best known as ed. of The World society journal.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Wotton, Sir Henry

​Wotton, Sir Henry (1568-1639).—Diplomatist and poet, s. of a Kentish gentleman, was b. at Boughton Park, near Maidstone, and ed. at Winchester and Oxf. After spending 7 years on the Continent, he entered the Middle Temple. In 1595 he became sec. to ​the Earl of Essex, who employed him abroad, and while at Venice he wrote The State of Christendom or a Most Exact and Curious Discovery of many Secret Passages and Hidden Mysteries of the Times, which was not, however, printed until 1657. Afterwards he held various diplomatic appointments, but Court favour latterly failed him and he was recalled from Venice and made Provost of Eton in 1624, to qualify himself for which he took deacon's orders. Among his other works were Elements of Architecture (1624) and A Survey of Education. His writings in prose and verse were pub. in 1651 as Reliquiæ Wottonianæ. His poems include two which are familiar to all readers of Elizabethan verse, The Character of a Happy Life, "How happy is he born and taught," and On his Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia, beginning "Ye meaner Beauties of the Night." He was the originator of many witty sayings, which have come down.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Yalden, Thomas

​Yalden, Thomas (1670-1736).—Poet, s. of an exciseman at Oxf., and ed. at Magdalen Coll., entered the Church, in which he obtained various preferments. He was the author of a considerable number of poems, including a Hymn to Darkness, Pindaric Odes, and translations from the classics.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Young, Arthur

​Young, Arthur (1741-1820).—Writer on agriculture, was b. in London, the s. of a Suffolk clergyman. In his early years he farmed, making many experiments, which though they did not bring him financial success, gave him knowledge and experience, afterwards turned to useful account. Various publications had made his name known, and in 1777 he became agent to Lord Kingsborough on his Irish estates. In 1780 he pub. his Tour in Ireland, and four years later started the Annals of Agriculture, 47 vols. of which appeared. His famous tours in France were made 1787-90, the results of his observations being pub. in Travels in France (1792). He was in 1793 appointed sec. to the newly founded Board of Agriculture, and pub. many additional works on the subject. He is justly regarded as the father of modern agriculture, in which, as in all subjects affecting the public welfare, he maintained an active interest until his death. In his later years he was blind.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Wraxall, Sir Nathaniel William

​Wraxall, Sir Nathaniel William (1751-1831).—Historical writer, b. at Bristol, was for a few years in the service of the East India Company, and thereafter employed on diplomatic missions, and sat for some years in the House of Commons. In addition to a book of travels and some historical works relating to the French and other foreign Courts, he wrote Historical Memories of my own Time 1772-84, pub. in 1815. The work was severely criticised by both political parties, and in particular by Macaulay; but W. made a reply which was considered to be on the whole successful. A continuation bringing the narrative down to 1790 was pub. in 1836. The Memoirs are valuable for the light they throw on the period, and especially for the portraits of public men which they give.
# A Night in Acadie

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A Night in Acadie
A NIGHT IN ACADIE
By KATE CHOPIN
AUTHOR OF "BAYOU FOLK"
MDCCCXCVII
Copyright, 1897, by Way & Williams.
Contents.
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# A Night at Dago Tom's

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Oh yesterday, I t'ink it was, while cruisin' down the street, I met with Bill. "Hullo," he says, "let's give the girls a treat." We'd red bandanas round our necks 'n' our shrouds new rattled down, So we filled a couple of Santy Cruz and cleared for Sailor Town.
We scooted south with a press of sail till we fetched to a caboose, The "Sailor's Rest," by Dago Tom, alongside "Paddy's Goose." Red curtains to the windies, ay, 'n' white sand to the floor, And an old blind fiddler liltin' the tune of "Lowlands No More."
He played the "Shaking of the Sheets" 'n' the couples did advance, Bowing, stamping, curtsying, in the shuffling of the dance; The old floor rocked and quivered, so it struck beholders dumb, 'N' afterwards there was sweet songs 'n' good Jamaikey rum.
'N' there was many a merry yarn of many a merry spree Aboard the ships with royals set a-sailing on the sea, Yarns of the hooker Spindrift, her as had the clipper-bow, "There ain't no ships," says Bill to me, "like that there hooker now."
When the old blind fiddler played the tune of "Pipe the Watch Below," The skew-eyed landlord dowsed the glim and bade us "stamp 'n' go," 'N' we linked it home, did Bill 'n' I, adown the scattered streets, Until we fetched to Land o' Nod atween the linen sheets.
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# A Little Book for A Little Cook

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DIRECTIONS
1. Always use Pillsbury's Best Flour.
2. Sift flour twice before adding to cakes or breakfast cakes.
3. Make all measurements level by using edge of knife to lightly scrape off from top of cup or spoon until material is even with the edges.
4. Use same sized cups or spoons in measuring for the same recipe.
5. Before starting to make recipe, read through carefully, then put on table all the materials and tools needed in making that particular recipe.
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# A Little American's Promise

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A LITTLE AMERICAN'S PROMISE
'LL eat corn-meal, oatmeal, and rice And nice sweet hominy; Corn flakes and mush with lots of milk Are good enough for me.
At table I'll not leave a scrap Of food upon my plate, And I'll not eat between meals but For supper time I'll wait.
I make the promise that I'll do My honest, earnest part In helping my America With all my loyal heart.
This is a PROMISE, and I hope All children make the same. I'll be a good American, And hereto sign my name,
Signed ___________________________________ Address __________________________________ _________________________________________
REPRINTED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF JOHN MARTIN'S BOOK, THE CHILD'S MAGAZINE
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# A Little Bird that Every One Knows

There's a little bird with a wondrous song
* "A Little Bird that Every One Knows" in The Poets and Poetry of the West (1860)
* "A Little Bird that Every One Knows" in The New Penelope (1877)
# A Shropshire Lad/To an Athlete Dying Young

XIX To an Athlete Dying Young
# A Shropshire Lad/Twice a week the winter thorough

XVII
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gosselin, Joshua Carteret

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​GOSSELIN. (Lieutenant, 1810.)
Joshua Carteret Gosselin, born 19 July, 1789, is second and youngest son of the late Joshua Gosselin, Esq., by Mary, daughter of Thos. Priaulx, Esq., of Guernsey; and nephew of Admiral Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Latona 38, Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin; on accompanying whom as Master’s Mate into the Audacious 74, he was employed on the services detailed in the ensuing memoir. He afterwards, wo find, joined the Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez, Owen Glendower 36, Capt. Wm. Selby, Phoebe 36, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, and Victory again, all on the Baltic station; where, on 22 Sept. 181Q, he was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Ruby 64, bearing the flag of Admiral Manley Dixon. His last appointments were – 26 March, 1811, to the Acasta 40, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, on the North American station – and 10 June, 1813, for a short time, to the Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, in which frigate he returned to England.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gosset, Charles

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​GOSSET. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 10; h-p., 27.)
Charles Gosset entered the Navy, 12 May, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apollo 38, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor; while under whose command he assisted as Midshipman at the capture, 13 Feb. 1812, of the French frigate-built store-ship Mérinos, at 20 guns and 126 men, under the batteries of Corsica, and was further present at the reduction of the Tower of St. Cataldo, and of the islands of Curzola, Paxo, and Anti-Paxo. From March, 1814, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 26 March, 1819, he served, on the Adriatic, Home, West and East India, and South American stations, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Revenge 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore, Slaney 20, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andw. King, Elk 18, Capt. Lardner Dennys, Amphion 32, Commodore Wm. Bowles, Icarus 10, Capt. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, Amphion again, Commodore Bowles, Tyne 26, Capts. Gordon Thos. Falcon and Hon. C. O. Bridgeman, and once more in the Amphion, Capt. Wm. Bateman Dashwood. He was then employed for some time in the Favorite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson, on the Brazilian station. Since the paying off of that vessel, however, be has not been afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gosnold, James

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​GOSNOLD. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 14; h-p., 31.)
James Gosnold entered the Navy, 16 June, 1802, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Cruizer 18, Capts. John Hancock and Pringle Stoddart, with whom he served, before the mast, until Jan. 1811. On 16 May following he was present in a gallant attack on a division of the enemy’s flotilla, consisting of 59 sail, passing alongshore from Flushing to Ostend, in which the above vessel had 1 man killed and 4 wounded; and indeed he appears, during that and the following year, to have been not less than 104 times in action, either with the enemy’s flotilla or land-batteries. In 1807 he further attended the expedition against Copenhagen. On leaving the Cruizer he was appointed Midshipman of the Britomart 10, Capt. Wm. B. Hunt, from which vessel, stationed in the North Sea, he removed, in Feb. 1812, to the Algerine 10, Lieut.-Commander Dan. Carpenter; under whom, on 8 Feb. 1813, he was in an action in which the British had 3 men killed and 7 or 8, including himself, wounded. The Algerine being lost off the Bahamas, 20 May, 1813, Mr. Gosnold was next appointed, as Master’s Mate, to the Alexandria store-ship, Master-Commander Josiah Oake, employed on the American coast. Since the receipt of his commission, which bears date 4 Jan. 1816, he has been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gosset, Henry

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​GOSSET. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 17; h-p., 21.)
Henry Gosset is son of Matthew Gosset, Esq., by Grace, youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Thos. Frankland, Bart.; and first-cousin both of Rear-Admiral Wm. Bowles, C.B., M.P., and of Capt. Edw. Augustus Frankland, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 June, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas. After attending the ensuing expedition to Flushing he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he frequently came into contact with divisions of the Toulon fleet, and where, on his removal with Capt. Dundas to the Edinburgh 74, he witnessed, as Midshipman, in 1813-14, the capture of Port D’Anzo and Via Reggio, the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, the occupation of Santa Maria and of the enemy’s other forts in the Gulf of Spezia, and the taking of Genoa. Being subsequently appointed to the Havannah 36, Capt. Gawen Wm. Hamilton, he took part in many of the anti-American operations in the Chesapeake – was present during the hostilities against Baltimore – and on one occasion, while in the Havannah’s barge, assisted in boarding and carrying the armed schooner Franklin, in charge at the time of a Lieutenant and 34 seamen belonging to the U.S. frigate Constitution. He afterwards, on returning to Europe, contributed to the cutting out, 18 July, 1815, of a convoy and several armed vessels lying under the protection of a fort at Corrijou, near Brest. Towards the close of the same year Mr. Gosset escorted Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena, where he served for some time under Sir Geo. Cockburn in the Northumberland 74. On 18 March, 1816, he joined the Naval Establishment on the island of Ascension, in the capacity of Acting-Lieutenant. His first commission was dated on 30 of the following Dec, but he did not quit Ascension until July, 1817; subsequently to which period he became attached, on the Cork and Jamaica stations – 22 July, 1821, to the Harlequin 18, Capts. Chas. Christ. Parker and John Weeks – and, 22 March, 1823, to the Hussar 46, Capt. Geo. Harris. He was advanced to the command, 10 July, 1826, of the Ferret sloop, also employed in the West Indies, and was next appointed on that station to the Espiègle and Valorous. He was confirmed to Post-rank, 1 Jan. 1829, in the Mersey 26, but invalided home immediately afterwards, and has not since been afloat.
Capt. Gosset is Senior of 1829.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gould, William

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​GOULD. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 19; h-p., 23.)
William Gould was born 4 Sept. 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, 31 March, 1805, as First-cl. Vol., on board the Endymion 40, Capts. Hon. Chas. Paget and Edw. Durnford King, from which frigate, after assisting at the siege and evacuation of the strong fortress of Gaeta, he removed, in Aug. 1806, to the Seahorse 38, Capt. John Stewart. Joining soon afterwards the Liberty 14, Lieut.-Commander John Codd, he proceeded to the West Indies, where he served at the capture of Marie-galante in March, 1808, and commanded one of the boats of a squadron in an unsuccessful attempt to cut out a French corvette moored to the shore at St. Pierre’s, Martinique. After contributing, in the Neptune 98, to the reduction of the latter island, Mr. Gould rejoined Lieut. Codd in the Liberty, and he afterwards served with him in the Espiègle 18, on the Plymouth station, until transferred, in Jan. 1811, to the Foxhound, Capt. John Parish, also employed on Home duty. From Dec. 1814 until 11 Feb. 1815 he appears to have been confined as a patient to Haslar Hospital. He was promoted on the latter date to the rank of Lieutenant, and, on 25 Nov. 1834, was appointed to the Coast Guard. He left that service in the early part of 1836, but has been again emploved in it since 21 Nov. 1839.
Lieut. Gould served at Salisbury as a Special Constable during the riots of 1830, and was strongly recommended to Government for the active part he took in their suppression.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gough, Frederick William

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​GOUGH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Frederick William Gough passed his examination 15 April, 1844; and after an intermediate servitude as Mate, on the Home and Cape of Good Hope stations, in the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and President 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, was made Lieutenant, 18 April, 1846, into the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill, also at the Cape. Since 19 Dec. 1846 he has been employed in the East Indies on board the Dido 18, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell.
# A Prominent Man Dead (Obituary of Henry Buist)

Excerpted from the Calhoun Times, June 16, 1887 edition.
A PROMINENT MAN DEAD.
Hon. Henry Buist, one of the most prominent lawyers and citizens of South Carolina, died at Charleston. He was born in Charleston in 1829; was graduated from South Carolina college in 1847, and was admitted to the Bar in 1851. He entered the Confederate service at the beginning of the war as a captain in the 27th South Carolina regiment, Hagood's brigade. He was captured while charging the breastworks at Petersburg in 1864 and held as hostage on Morris Island under the fire of Confederate guns. After the War he resumed the practice of law and achieved large success. He was elected State Senator from Charleston county in 1865, and was a prominent Mason, having attained the highest degree. He was Grand Chancellor of the Supreme Council, Scottish rite, thirty-third degree, and inspector general of that order for South Carolina.
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# A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary

* A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary (London, 1764) external link
** full title: A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary: Wherein, by a New and Sufficient Method, the Proper Sounds of English Words Are Exactly Ascertained; and by Which, Both His Majesty's Subjects, and Foreigners, May Correct an Improper, or Acquire a Right Pronunciation of the English Language. Together with an Introduction, and an Appendix, Containing Many New and Useful Observations on the Sounds of the Letters; an Account of the Notation, Whereby Their Sounds in Words Are, Through the Dictionary, Signified; and Directions for Attaining to a Right Pronunciation by the Help of This Book. To Which Is Added, by Way of Praxis, a Discourse on an Important Subject: Wherein the Right Sounds of the Words Are So Intimated by the Notation, That a Stranger to the English Accent, After Carefully Perusing the Introduction, May Be Able to Pronounce Them Properly.
* A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary (2nd edition, London, 1772) external link
** full title: A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary: In Which, by Distinguishing Signs of the Literal Sounds, the Proper Sounds of English Words Are Clearly Intimated; and by Which, Both His Majesty's Subjects, and Foreigners, May Correct an Improper, or Acquire a Right Pronunciation of the English Language. Together with an Introduction, and an Appendix, Containing Many New, and Useful Observations on the Sounds of the Letters; Distinguishing Signs of Their Different Sounds; and Directions for Attaining to a Right Pronunciation. And Also, by Way of Praxis, a Discourse on an Important Subject; in Which, the Right Sounds of Its Words Are So Clearly Intimated, That a Stranger, After Acquainting Himself with the Introduction, May Be Able to Pronounce Them Properly. To Which Is Now Added, a Short, and Plain Grammar of the English Language.
# A Prophecy (Keats)

* "A Prophecy", in The Poetical Works of John Keats (1884)
* "A Prophecy: to George Keats in America", in The complete poetical works and letters of John Keats (1899), edited by Horace Elisha Scudder
# A Programmable Web/Foreword

Foreword by James Hendler
Editor, Synthesis Lectures on the Semantic Web: Theory and Technology
In 2009, I invited Aaron Swartz to contribute a "synthesis lecture"—essentially a short online book—to a new series I was editing on Web Engineering. Aaron produced a draft of about 40 pages, which is the document you see here. This was a "first version" to be extended later. Unfortunately, and much to my regret, that never happened.
The version produced by Aaron was not intended to be the finished product. He wrote this relatively quickly, and sent it to us for comments. I sent him a short set, and later Frank van Harmelen, who had joined as a coeditor of the series, sent a longer set. Aaron iterated with us for a bit, but then went on to other things and hadn't managed to finish.
With Aaron’s death in January, 2013, we decided it would be good to publish this so people could read, in his own words, his ideas about programming the Web, his ambivalence about different aspects of the Semantic Web technology, some thoughts on Openness, etc.
This document was originally produced in “markdown” format, a simpliﬁed HTML/Wiki format that Aaron co-designed with John Gruber ca. 2004. We used one of the many free markdown tools available on the Web to turn it into HTML, and then in turn went from there to Latex to PDF, to produce this document. This version was also edited to fix various copyediting errors to improve readability. An HTML version of the original is available at http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~hendler/ProgrammableWebSwartz2009.html.
As a tribute to Aaron, Michael Morgan of Morgan & Claypool, the publisher of the series, and I have decided to publish it publicly at no cost. This work is licensed by Morgan & Claypool Publishers, http://www.morganclaypool.com, under a CC-BY-SA-NC license.
​ Please attribute the work to its author, Aaron Swartz.
Jim Hendler February 2013
# A voice from Harper's Ferry/To "John Henrie"

West Andover, Ohio, July 30th, 1859.
John Henrie, Esq.:
Dear Sir,—I yesterday received yours of the 25th inst., together with letter of instructions from our mutual friend Isaac, enclosing draft for $100. Have written you as many as three letters, I think, before this, and have received all you have sent, probably.
The heavy freight of fifteen boxes I sent off some days ago. The household stuff, consisting of six boxes and one chest, I have put in good shape, and shall, I think, be able to get them on their way on Monday next, and shall myself be on my way northward within a day or two after.
Enclosed please find list of contents of boxes, which it may be well to preserve.