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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Rich, Barnabe

Rich, Barnabe (1540?-1620?). -- Writer of romances, b. in Essex, saw military service in the Low Countries. He began to write in 1574, and took Lyly's Euphues as his model. Among his numerous romances is The Strange and Wonderful Adventures of Simonides, a Gentleman Spaniard and Riche, his Farewell to the Military Profession (1581), which furnished Shakespeare with the plot for Twelfth Night.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Ritson, Joseph

Ritson, Joseph (1752-1803). -- Antiquary and critic, b. at Stockton-on-Tees, settled in London as a conveyancer, at the same time devoting himself to the study of ancient English poetry. By his diligence as a collector and acuteness as a critic he rendered essential service to the preservation and appreciation of our ancient poetry. His chief works are A Collection of English Songs (1783), Ancient Songs from Henry III. to the Revolution (1790), A Collection of Scottish Songs (1794), and A Collection of all the Ancient Poems, etc., relating to Robin Hood (1795). Of a jealous and quarrelsome temper, R. was continually in controversy with his fellow-collectors and critics, including Johnson, Warton, and Percy. His acuteness enabled him to detect the Ireland forgeries. He d. insane.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Richardson, Samuel

Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761). -- Novelist, s. of a joiner, was b. at Derby. His f. had intended him for the Church, but means failed, and at the age of 17 he went to London, and was apprenticed to a printer. Careful and diligent, he prospered in business, became printer of the Journals of the House of Commons, and in the year before his death purchased the moiety of the patent of King's Printer. He was twice m., and each of his wives brought page 318him six children, of whom, however, only four daughters were living at his death. R., who was the originator of the modern novel, did not take seriously to literature until he was past 50 when, in 1740, Pamela appeared. It originated in a proposal by two printers that R. should write a collection of model letters for the use of persons unaccustomed to correspondence, but it soon developed in his hands into a novel in which the story is carried on in the form of a correspondence. With faults and absurdities, it struck a true note of sentiment, and exploded the prevalent idea that dukes and princesses were the only suitable heroes and heroines (Pamela was a maid-servant), and it won immediate and phenomenal popularity. In 1748 Clarissa Harlow, his masterpiece, was pub., and in 1753 Sir Charles Grandison, in which the author embodies his ideal of a Christian gentleman. All these surfer from an elaboration of detail which often becomes tedious; but in deep acquaintance with the motives of conduct, and especially of the workings of the female heart, they are almost unrivalled; their pathos also is genuine and deep. R. had an unusual faculty as the platonic friend and counsellor of women, and was the centre of an admiring circle of the sex, who ministered to a vanity which became somewhat excessive. R. has also the distinction of evoking the genius of Fielding, whose first novel, Joseph Andrews, was begun as a skit or parody upon Pamela. R. is described as "a stout, rosy, vain, prosy little man." Life by Sir W. Scott in Ballantyne's Novelists Library. Works with preface by L. Stephen (12 vols., 1883), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Robertson, Frederick William

Robertson, Frederick William (1816-1853). -- Divine, s. of Captain Frederick R., of the Royal Artillery, was b. in London, and ed. at Edin. and Oxf. After holding various curacies he became in 1847 incumbent of Trinity Chapel, Brighton, where his preaching, though it brought him under the suspicion both of the High and Evangelical parties in the Church, had an extraordinary influence. Always of delicate and highly-strung constitution, his health gave way after his ministry in Brighton had extended to six years, and he d. in 1853. The beauty of his life and character had almost conquered page 319the suspicion and dislike with which his views had inspired many. His sermons, of which five series were pub. posthumously, have had a very wide popularity.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Robertson, William

Robertson, William (1721-1793). -- Historian, s. of the parish minister of Borthwick, Midlothian, where he was b., received his earlier ed. at Dalkeith, which then had a school of some repute; but his f. being translated to Edin., he attended school, and afterwards the Univ. there, studying for the Church. In 1743 he became minister of Gladsmuir, near Prestonpans. In the '45 he showed his loyalty by offering himself to Sir J. Cope as a volunteer, a service which was, however, declined. He soon began to take a prominent part in the debates of the General Assembly, of which he rose to be the undisputed leader. In 1758 he became one of the city ministers of Edin., and in the following year pub. his History of Scotland, which had an extraordinary success, and at once raised him to a foremost place among British historians. Preferment immediately followed: he was made Chaplain of Stirling Castle 1759, King's Chaplain for Scotland 1760, Principal of the Univ. of Edin. 1761, and Historiographer for Scotland 1763. In 1769 appeared the History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V., in 1777 The History of America, and in 1791 Historical Disquisition on Ancient India. In 1780 R. retired from the management of Church affairs, in which he had shown conspicuous ability, and gave himself to study, and the society of his friends, among whom were most of his distinguished contemporaries. As a writer he possessed a finished style, clear, measured, and stately, which carried his well-arranged narrative as on a full and steady stream; he was also cool and sagacious but, like Hume, he was apt to take his facts at second hand, and the vast additional material which has been in course of accumulation since his day has rendered the value of his work more and more literary, and less and less historical.
Lives by Dugald Stewart (1801), Bishop Gleig (1812), and Lord Brougham in Men of Letters.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Robinson, Henry Crabb

​Robinson, Henry Crabb (1775-1867).—Diarist, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, was articled to an attorney in Colchester. Between 1800 and 1805 he studied at various places in Germany, and became acquainted with nearly all the great men of letters there, including Goethe, Schiller, Herder, Wieland, etc. Thereafter he became war correspondent to the Times in the Peninsula. On his return to London he studied for the Bar, to which he was called in 1813, and became leader of the Eastern Circuit. Fifteen years later he retired, and by virtue of his great conversational powers and other qualities, became a leader in society, going everywhere and knowing everybody worth knowing. He d. unmarried, aged 91, and his Diary, Reminiscences and Correspondence, which stands in the forefront of its class, was pub. in 1869.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Ritchie, Leitch

Ritchie, Leitch (1800?-1865). -- Novelist, b. at Greenock and in business as a clerk in Glasgow, but about 1820 adopted literature as his profession. He wrote several novels of which the best known is Wearyfoot Common; others were The Robber of the Rhine and The Magician. In his later years he ed. Chambers's Journal.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Robertson, Thomas William

Robertson, Thomas William (1829-1871). -- Dramatist, belonged to a family famous for producing actors. Never a successful actor himself, he produced a number of plays, which had unusual popularity. Among these are David Garrick, Society, Caste, and School.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Rochester, John Wilmot

Rochester, John Wilmot (2ND Earl Of) (1647-1680). -- Poet, s. of the 1st Earl, b. at Ditchley in Oxfordshire, and ed. at Oxf., saw some naval service when he showed conspicuous bravery. He became one of the most dissolute of the courtiers of Charles II., and wore himself out at 33 by his wild life. He was handsome, and witty, and possessed a singular charm of manner. He wrote a number of light, graceful poems, many of them extremely gross. Bishop Burnet, who attended him on his deathbed, believed him to have been sincerely repentant. In addition to his short pieces he wrote a Satyr against Mankind, and a tragedy, Valentinian, adapted from Beaumont and Fletcher.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Rogers, Henry

Rogers, Henry (1806-1877). -- Critic and theologian, was a minister of the Congregationalist Church, and ultimately Prof. of English Literature in Univ. Coll., London. He was a contributor to the Edinburgh Review, and is best known by his Eclipse of Faith (1852), a reply to F.W. Newman's Phases of Faith. This work, which displays remarkable acuteness and logical power, had great popularity.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Price, Thomas (25)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Price, Thomas, s. Lew., of Llanyer, co. Radnor, p.p. St. Alban Hall, matric. 26 Jan., 1694-5, aged 23.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Price, Thomas (26)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Price, Thomas (Pryce), s. Th., of Knighton, co. Radnor, paup. Christ Church, matric. 11 Dec., 1705, aged 17; B.A. 1710, as Price.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Pococke, Thomas (1)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Pococke, Thomas, of Berks, pleb. Magdalen Hall, matric. 17 April, 1618, aged 16; B.A. 28 June, 1620, M.A. 26 May, 1623.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Price, Thomas (22)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Price, Thomas (Pryce), s. Arth., of Berriew, co. Montgomery, p.p. Balliol Coll., matric. 17 July, 1671, aged 18; B.A. from New Inn Hall 1675 (as Price); possibly bar.-at-law, Inner Temple, 1683 (as of Lanvillin, co. Montgomery, gen.); licenced 8 June, 1688, to marry Mary Guillim, of St. Dunstan-in-the West, London, spinster. See Foster's Judges and Barristers.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Price, Thomas (28)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Price, Thomas, pleb. Balliol Coll., matric. 17 March, 1713-14, B.A. 1717.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Price, Thomas (23)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Price, Thomas, s. Jo., of Llanllwchaiarn, co. Montgomery, p.p. Jesus Coll., matric. 11 May, 1686, aged 19.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Price, Thomas (27)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Price, Thomas s. Rog., of Llanvor, co. Merioneth, arm. Jesus Coll., matric. 24 March, 1710-11, aged 17; B.A. 1714, M.A. 1717, B.Med. 1725.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Pococke, Roger

From volume 3 of the work.
​Pococke, Roger, s. Giles, of Chieveley, Berks, gent. Trinity Coll., matric. 12 June, 1684, aged 15; B.A. 1688, M.A. 1691, rector of Middleton, Sussex, 1701; brother of Giles 1679. See Rawl. i. 297; & Foster's Index Eccl.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Pocoke, Edward

From volume 3 of the work.
​Poco(c)ke, Edward, cler. fil. Merton Coll., matric. 25 Feb., 1650-1; B.A. 25 Oct., 1654, M.A. 4 July, 1657.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Price, Thomas (24)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Price, Thomas, s. Owen (Oeni), of Oxford city, cler. Magdalen Coll., matric. 17 Dec., 1688, aged 15; chorister 1681-93, B.A. 16 March, 1692-3, clerk 1693-7, M.A. 1695, chaplain 1697-1700. See Bloxam, i. 119.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Johnes, Griffith (1)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Johnes, Griffith, of co. Cardigan, pleb. Lincoln Coll., matric. entry under date 20 March, 1578-9, aged 21.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Johnes, John (1)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Johnes, John, subscribed 5 May, 1615; B.A. from Broadgates Hall 8 July, 1619.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Johnes, Henry (15)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Johnes, Henry, s. Thomas, of Beaumauris, co. Anglesey, gent. Queen's Coll., matric. 21 June, 1639, aged 16.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Johnes, John (2)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Johnes, John, of co. Monmouth, gent. Jesus Coll., matric. 31 Oct., 1622, aged 20; B.A. 9 Nov., 1622, M.A. 21 June, 1625; one of these names rector of Llanfoist, co. Monmouth, 1636, and of Llanvapley 1637. See Foster's Index Eccl.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Johnes, Toby

From volume 2 of the work.
​Johnes, Toby, of co. Glamorgan, pleb. Jesus Coll., matric. 8 Nov., 1594, aged 20, B.A. 1 March, 1594-5; M.A. from St. Edmund Hall 7 Dec., 1597, but the entry is scored out. See O.H.S. xii. 190.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Johnes, Walter (3)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Johnes, Walter, of co. Monmouth, pleb. St. Mary Hall, matric. 17 July, 1584, aged 16.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Johnes, Henry (11)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Johnes, Henry, of Middx., pleb. Christ Church, matric. 14 March. 1616-17, aged 17; B.A. 24 Feb., 1619-20, M.A. 21 June, 1622. See Al. West. 85.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Johnes, Hierome

From volume 2 of the work.
​Johnes, Hierome, s. Thomas, of Wootton, Oxon. sacerd. St. John's Coll., matric. 24 Oct.. 1634, aged 17; B.A. 29 May, 1638; rector od Ramsden Crays, Essex, 1646. See Foster's Index Eccl.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Johnes, Henry (5)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Johnes, Henry, of co. Denbigh, pleb. Brasenose Coll., matric. 10 Aug., 1582, aged 20; subs. "scholaris Dr. Harvey"; B.A from Jesus Coll. 12 Feb., 1585-6, as Henry (alibi Humphrey).
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Johnes, John (3)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Johnes, John,s. John, of Coyty, co. Glamorg., pleb. St. Edmund Hall, matric. 15 Nov., 1622, aged 20; B.A. from Jesus Coll. 9 Feb., 1625-6.
# Act No. 2824

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AN ACT Extending to the Provinces of Mindoro, Palawan, and Batanes, with Certain Exceptions, the Provisions of Chapters Sixty-three and Sixty-four of the Administrative Code of Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen, Making the Office of Provincial Governor Elective in Palawan and Batanes, Abolishing Townships and Rancherias in Provinces Organized Under the General Provincial Law, and for Other Purposes.

### SECTION 1.

The provisions of chapters sixty-three and sixty-four of the Administrative Code of Nineteen hundred and seventeen are hereby extended and applied to the Provinces of Mindoro, Palawan, and Batanes: Provided, That the office of provincial governor shall be elective in Mindoro as well as in Palawan and Batanes, and the provincial governors and third members of the three provinces mentioned shall be elected by the qualified voters of the province, in accordance with the provisions of the general Election Law: And provided, further, That the presidents of the municipalities of said provinces shall be elective and the councilors shall be elected by the qualified voters of the municipalities instead of the electors of each barrio.

### SEC. 2.

The townships and rancherias are hereby abolished in the provinces organized under the general law, and hereafter said townships and rancherias shall be aggregated to the municipalities or organized as independent municipalities or municipal districts, in accordance with the provisions of article six of chapter sixty-four of the Administrative Code of Nineteen hundred and seventeen, by executive order of the Governor-General.

### SEC. 3.

The powers and duties prescribed by Title Eleven of the Revised Administrative Code for the Governor or the Administrative Council of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu shall be performed and exercised by the Secretary of the Interior in the provinces and localities to which this Act applies.

### SEC. 4.

The inhabitants of the municipal districts shall be entitled to vote at the elections for members of the Legislature or for any provincial officer, held in accordance with the provisions of the Election Law. Said municipal districts shall be considered, for election purposes only, as parts of the municipality contiguous or the most easily accessible to them, as the provincial board may determine.

### SEC. 5.

The modifications in provincial and municipal governments herein prescribed shall go into effect on the approval of this Act. However, this Act shall not be construed to require new elections or appointments of officers and employees now holding positions in the provinces herein named or political subdivisions thereof, but elective officers shall continue in office until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.

### SEC. 6.

Article twelve of chapter fifty-six and chapters fifty-eight and fifty-nine of the Administrative Code of Nineteen hundred and seventeen, and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.
Approved, March 5, 1919.
# Act No. 2

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[ Act No. 2 ]
An Act Appropriating Five Thousand Dollas ($5,000.00) Mexican, for the Purpose of Making a Survey to Ascertain the Most Advantageous Route for a Railroad into the Mountains of Benguet, Island of Luzon, and the Probably Cost Thereof

### SECTION 1.

The sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) Mexican, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the insular treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of making a survey to ascertain the most advantageous route for a railroad into the mountains of Benguet, island of Luzon, and the probable cost thereof.

### SEC. 2.

The disbursing officer of the commission is authorized and directed to draw his warrant for the amount appropriated by this bill, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the Insular Treasurer is directed to pay the same.

### SEC. 3.

Enacted, September 12, 1900.
# Act No. 17 (Second Philippine Republic)

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[Act No. 17]
AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE COAT-OF-ARMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Section 1.The coat-of-arms of the Republic of the Philippines shall be as follows:
Paleways of two pieces, dexter, gules, and sinister, azure; a chief, argent, bearing three mullets, or, dexter, center, and sinister; an equilateral triangular field, argent, emblazoning at the honor point the symbolic eight-rayed sun in rayonnant, or, each ray flanked on both sides by lesser and minor rays, or. Beneath, a scroll, argent, with the word "Pilipinas" inscribed thereon.
Sec. 2. Any utterance in speech, writing or drawing, and any act or omission casting dishonor, ridicule or contempt upon the coat-of-arms of the Republic of the Philippines, as well as its use as trademark, or as industrial, commercial or agricultural label or design, and any drawing or inscription upon said coat-of-arms are hereby prohibited; and any person who, either by himself or through another, violates the prohibition herein contained, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than ten pesos nor more than two hundred pesos, or imprisonment of not less than ten days nor more than sixty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, December 24, 1943.
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# Act No. 141

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AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT, NUMBERED EIGHTY THREE, AND THE ACT AMENDATORY THEREOF, NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE.
By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:

## SECTION 1.

The Provincial Government Act, Numbered Eighty-three, and the Act amendatory thereof, Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, are hereby amended and supplemented by adding thereto the following numbered section:
    “SEC. 39. The oaths of office may be administered to provincial officers by a member of the Commission, the secretary to the same, the governor of the province, or any United States Army officer stationed in the province wherein the provincial officer is to perform his duties, by the judge of First Instance within whose judicial district the said province lies, or by any other judicial officer having jurisdiction therein.”

## SEC. 2.

The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this Act, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.

## SEC. 3.

This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 18, 1901.
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# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Stoughton, John (1)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Stoughton, John, student Christ Church 1564, B.A. 16 Jan., 1567-8, M.A. 16 Dec., 1570; rector of Chagford, Devon, 1578. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Stoughton, Adrian (1)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Stoughton, Adrian, of Surrey, militis fil. Magdalen Hall, matric. 25 Oct., 1611, aged 15; student of Inner Temple 1611, as of Stoughton, Surrey, gent. (s. Sir Lawrence), born 21 Nov., 1595, died 25 Dec., 1612; brother of John 1611. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Stoughton, Benjamin

From volume 4 of the work.
​Stoughton, Benjamin, of Surrey, pleb. Balliol Coll., matric. 6 July, 1613, aged 15, B.A. 27 Jan., 1616-17; rector of Hascombe, Surrey, 1622; his father Benjamin was murdered 31 July, 1598. See Foster's Index Eccl.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Stoughton, John (2)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Stoughton, John, B.A. from Christ Church 23 Feb., 1578-9, M.A. 3 March, 1581-2.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Stoughton, John (3)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Stoughton, John, of Surrey, militis fil. Magdalen Hall, matric. entry 25 Oct., 1611, aged 14, B.A. 2 July, 1614; M.A. from Magdalen Coll. 28 June, 1617 (s. Sir Laurence); born 30 Jan.; 1596-7, died 27 May, 1620; brother of Adrian 1611, of Laurence 1594, and of Nicholas 1610.