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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Evans, Nicholas

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​EVANS. (Lieutenant, 1826. f-p., 10; h-p., 18.)
Nicholas Evans entered the Royal Naval College 5 Aug. 1819; and embarked, in March, 1820, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Grasshopper 18, Capts. Dan. Buchan and Jas. Bradley; under whom, and Capts. Houston Stewart and Fred. Warren, of ​the Menai and Tweed, he served, on the North American station, latterly as Midshipman, until Dec. 1825. He then joined the Victory 100, commanded at Portsmouth by Capt. Inglis, and, obtaining his commission 2 Jan. 1826, was employed in the Mediterranean as Lieutenant, from 12 Jlay, 1827, to Oct. 1830, of the Revenge 76, Capts. Norborne Thompson and Chas. Orlando Bridgeman. He has since been on half-pay.
Mr. Evans is Senior Lieutenant of 1826.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Evans, George

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​EVANS. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 18; h-p., 18.)
George Evans entered the Royal Naval College 30 Sept. 1811; and embarked, 19 Nov. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mulgrave 74, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, of which ship, then in the Mediterranean, he became Midshipman 17 Nov. 1813. From Nov. 1814 until the receipt of his first commission, 1 Jan. 1821, he served as Master’s Mate and Admiralty-Midshipman, on the West India, Home, East India, and South American stations, in the Brazen 18, Capt. Jas. Stirling, Ganymede, Amphion, and Magicienne frigates, commanded by Capt. John Brett Purvis, and Owen Glendower 42, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer. On 12 April, 1823, he rejoined the latter officer in the Naiad 46, and in that ship he again sailed for the Mediterranean. While there Mr. Evans contributed to the defeat, 31 Jan. 1824, of the Tripoli Algerine corvette, of 18 guns and 100 men; and on the night of 23 May following he commanded the boats, in conjunction with Lieuts. Michael Quin and Thos. Dilke, at the brilliant destruction of a 16-gun brig moored in a position of extraordinary strength alongside the walls of the fortress of Bona, in which was a garrison of 400 soldiers, who, from cannon and musket, kept up a tremendous fire almost perpendicularly on the deck. The subject of this sketch, who assumed charge, 4 Dec. 1827, of the Lightning steamer, attained the rank of Commander 2 June, 1828. He was afterwards employed, from 4 Oct. 1832 until 1835, in the Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, on the North America and West India station; but since his elevation to Post-rank, 28 June, 1838, has not been afloat.
Capt. Evans is at present Conservator of the River Mersey. He married, 8 June, 1837, Mary, daughter of Admiral John Giffard. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Evans, Gustavus

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​EVANS. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 20; hp., 28.)
Gustavus Evans entered the Navy, 18 March 1799, as Midshipman on board the Europe, Lieut. Commander John Gardiner, on the Plymouth station; served, from Aug. 1804 to Dec. 1808, principally as Master’s Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Epervier brig, under various commanders, on the West India station; and then joined, in the latter capacity, the Cherub sloop, Capt. Thos. Tudor Tucker; to which vessel, after assisting at the reduction of Martinique and Guadeloupe, he was confirmed 18 April, 1811. He at length invalided from the Cherub, then in South America, in April, 1813; and was afterwards appointed, 25 Feb. 1814 and 8 Sept. 1815, as First-Lieutenant, to the Sheldrake 14, and Mosquito 10, employed on the Home and Cape of Good Hope stations. The Mosquito was paid off in Nov. 1818; and Mr. Evans, who had not since been afloat, was promoted to the rank of Commander 23 Nov. 1841.
He is married, and has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Essell, William Foulkes

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​ESSELL. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
William Foulkes Essell passed his examination in 1817; obtained his commission 27 Dec. 1827; and served in the Coast Guard from 17 Dec. 1828 until 1846. He has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Etough, Henry Gladwell

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​ETOUGH. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
Henry Gladwell Etough entered the Navy, 12 May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Druid 32, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke, with whom – after contributing to the capture of the Prince Murat privateer of 18 guns, and Le Pandour national brig of similar force – he removed, as Midshipman, in 1806, to the Shannon of 50 guns, throwing a broadside weight of 538 lbs., and 306 men. In Dec. 1807 he witnessed the surrender of the island of Madeira; and he also, at various times, assisted in taking a large number of the enemy’s armed and other vessels. On 1 June, 1813, being then Acting-Master of the Shannon, Mr. Etough distinguished himself, and was particularly recommended for his conduct, at the memorable capture of the American ship Chesapeake of 50 guns, yielding a broadside of 590 lbs., and 376 men; an exploit which was achieved after 15 minutes of intense combat, in which the British sustained a loss of 24 men killed and 59 wounded, and the enemy of 47 killed and 115 wounded. He was therefore promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 9 July; but he did not leave the Shannon until the month of November; subsequently to which we find him appointed, in the course of 1814, to the Chanticleer 10, Capt. Stewart Blacker, and Clarence and Bedford 74’s, Capts. Fred. Warren and Jas. Walker. Previously to participating in the operations against New Orleans, Mr. Etough, on 14 Dec. 1814, served with the boats of the latter ship, and of a squadron, at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until the British, after a fierce contest, had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. His next appointments were – 1 Sept. 1815, to the Prometheus 16, Capt. Wm. Bateman Dashwood, from which vessel he was obliged, in the following month, to invalid – and, 8 May, 1819, to the Alert sloop, Capt. Chas. Farwell, employed in ​the Downs. Since 1820 Lieut. Etough has not, we believe, been afloat. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1329.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1815, p. 448.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Evans, Raymond

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​EVANS. (Lieutenant, 1815, f-p., 19; h-p., 23.)
Raymond Evans entered tjie Navy, 11 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rose 18, Capts. Lucius Curtis, Philip Pipon, and Thos. Mansell, employed on the Mediterranean, Channel, and Baltic stations. He rejoined Capt. Curtis, as Midshipman, in 1809, on board the Magicienne frigate, in which he visited the Cape of Good Hope; and during the last four years of the war he served, on various stations, in the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam. Jas. Ballard, Ariel 16, Capt. Dan. Ross, Actaeon brig, Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, and Valiant 74, Capt. Zachary Mudge. Obtaining his commission 13 Feb. 1815, he was afterwards appointed – 8 July, 1819, to the Owen Glendower 42, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, fitting at Chatham – 16 Jan. 1820, to the Vengeur 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, on the South American and West India stations – 3 Oct. 1821, to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, lying at Sheerness – 26 Nov. 1822, to the Gloucester 74, Capts. Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen and Geo. Fred. Rich, in which ship he proceeded to the West Indies – 23 Dec. 1825, to the Jasper 10, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, at Portsmouth – and, 1 Aug. 1826, as First-Lieutenant, to the Badger 10, commanded, on the Cork station, by Capt. Chas. Crowdy. Since 1828 he has been unemployed. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Etheridge, Thomas

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​ETHERIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Thomas Etheridge entered the Navy 25 Sept. 1824; passed his examination in 1830; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 May, 1840. His appointments have since been – 27 Oct. 1840, to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, in the Mediterranean – and 17 Oct. 1843, and 9 Aug. 1845, as First, to the Star 6, Capt. Robt. John Wallace Dunlop, and Larne 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas Brisbane, both on the coast of Africa, where he is at present serving.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Evans, John (a)

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​EVANS. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 9; h-p., 35.)
John Evans (a), born 2 Dec. 1786 or 7, is son of John Evans, Esq., of Dilwyn, co. Hereford, and of the Rock and Vermont, in Jamaica, by a daughter of John Tyler, Esq., of Dilwyn House, who was grand-niece of Bishop John Tyler, and a relative of Dr. Southey, the Poet-Laureate.
This officer entered the Navy, early in 1803, as a Volunteer, on board the Leviathan 74, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at Jamaica, where, in the course of the same year, he successively joined the Trent 36, Capt. Jas. Katon, and Désirée 36, Capts. Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross and Henry Whitby. While in the latter ship he was present at the blockade of Cape François, the reduction of Port Dauphin, where two forts and a 28-gun frigate, La Sagesse, were taken from the enemy, and the surrender of the French squadron with the remains of General Rochambeau’s army from Cape Francois on board; and he was also frequently employed with the boats on cutting-out affairs of a very hazardous description. In June, 1805, Mr. Evans accompanied Capt. Whitby into the Centaur 74, and after an intermediate attachment to various other vessels, was taken prisoner, while a passenger, in 1807, on board the armed-brig Charles, by a French privateer. La Vengeance of overwhelming force, to whom, however, the former vessel did not surrender until, in the course of a spirited action of four hours and a half, fought within hail, she had expended every shot, cartridge, and wad. On being soon afterwards exchanged, Mr. Evans became attached, for short periods, to the Drake and Wolf sloops, Capts. John Fleming and Wm. Sumner Hall, and then joined the Bacchante 20, Capt. Sam. Hood Inglefield, with whom he continued to serve, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant of the Daedalus 32, until Sept. 1810. In the Wolf and Bacchante, besides participating in several desperate actions with Spanish flotillas, he assisted in taking, after a contest of half an hour, Le Griffon French national brig, of 16 guns and 105 men; and, in the Daedalus, he contributed to the reduction, towards the close of 1808, of the town of Samana, in St. Domingo. In 1810-11 Mr. Evans was employed, on the North American station, in the Belvidera 38, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer, and Atalante and Morgiana sloops, Capts. Fred. Hickey and David Scott. He was confirmed while in the latter vessel, by commission dated 16 Nov. 1811; but, in the following Feb., was compelled to invalid in consequence of a severe liver complaint, from the effects of which he still suffers. He has not since been employed.
Lieut. Evans, during his servitude afloat, was frequently invested with the duties of Prize Master; and he appears, in almost every ship, to have been exposed to a succession of the most furious hurricanes, which frequently carried away every mast, and threatened, in fact, destruction to all on board. He is married, and has one daughter living. His son, John, a naval cadet, who had recently returned from a voyage round the world, died in Feb. 1843.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Estcourt, Walter Grimston Bucknall

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​ESTCOURT. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 20; h-p., 6.)
Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcourt was born 16 May, 1807, and died, while in command of H.M.’s steamer Eclair, from the effects of inveterate African fever, which, in its frightful progress, proved fatal to nearly all on board, 16 Sept. 1845. He was fourth son of the present Thos. Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, Esq., of Estcourt, co. Gloucester, Barrister-at-law, D.C.L., and M.P. for the University of Oxford, by Eleanor, second daughter of Jas. Sutton, Esq., of New Park, co. Wilts; and brother (with Capt. Jas. Bucknall Estcourt, of the 43rd Regiment) of Thos. Henry Sutton Estcourt, Esq., M.P. for North Wiltshire, who married the only child of the late Admiral Frank Sotheron.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1819; and passed his examination in 1826. Obtaining his first commission 30 April, 1827, he was afterwards appointed – 12 May, 1827, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Norborne Thompson, lying at Portsmouth – 17 Aug. 1830, to the Rainbow 28, Capt. Sir John Franklin, in the Mediterranean – 13 March, 1834, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings – 3 April, 1835, to the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, on the North America and West India station – 18 March, 1836, to the Vanguard 80, Capts. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fellowes, employed on particular service – and, 9 Dec. 1840, to the command, in the Mediterranean, of the Lizard steam-vessel. He attained his last promotion 23 Nov. 1841; and, from 26 Avg. 1844, until the period of his death, commanded the Eclair steam-sloop on the coast of Africa. A tablet in the Royal Dockyard Chapel at Portsmouth records the untimely end of the gallant Commander of the Eclair and his ill-fated companions. Agents ¦ – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Evance, William Devereux

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​EVANCE. (Commander, 1818. f-p., 14; h-p.,27.)
William Devereux Evance is son of Mr. Evance, of the firm of Suttaby, Evance, and Co., Booksellers, of Stationers’ Court, Fleet Street, London.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Emulous brig, Capt. Gustavus Stupart, and afterwards sailed for the West Indies in the Franchise 36, Capt. Chas. Dashwood. During the three last years of the war he served, as Midshipman and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Cumberland 74, Capts. Robt. Clephane and Robt. Waller Otway, Prince of Wales 98, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, Venerable 74, Capt. David Milne, and Heron 18, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, on the Mediterranean, Home, and West India stations. Being confirmed, while in the latter ship, by commission dated 3 Sept. 1814, Mr. Evance subsequently joined – 11 Sept. 1815, the Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Henderson – and, 7 Nov. 1816, the Conqueror 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Robt. Plampin at the Cape of Good Hope. He there assumed command, 15 Aug. 1818, of the Redpole sloop; but, since the following year, appears to have been on half-pay.
Commander Evance is the senior officer of his rank on the list of 1818. He married, 19 April, 1825, Harriet, youngest daughter of Job Dyer, Esq., of Chigwell, co. Essex, by whom he has issue eight children.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Fullerton, Lady Georgiana

​Fullerton, Lady Georgiana (Leveson-Gover) (1812-1885).—Novelist, dau. of the 1st Earl Granville, and sister of the eminent statesman. She wrote a number of novels, some of which had considerable success. They include Ellen Middleton (1844), ​Grantley Manor (1847), and Too Strange not to be True (1864). She also pub. two vols. of verse. She joined the Church of Rome in 1846.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Gaimar, Geoffrey

​Gaimar, Geoffrey (fl. 1140?).—Chronicler, translated the chronicle of Geoffrey of Monmouth into French verse for the wife of his patron, Ralph Fitz-Gilbert, and added a continuation dealing with the Saxon Kings. His work is entitled L'Estoire des Engles.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Fuller, Thomas

​Fuller, Thomas (1608-1661).—Divine and antiquary, s. of a clergyman of the same name, was b. at Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire. Possessed of exceptional intelligence and a wonderful memory, he became a good scholar, and distinguished himself at Camb., where he was sent. Entering the Church, he obtained rapid preferment, including the lectureship at the Savoy, and a chaplaincy to Charles II. He was a voluminous author, his works dealing with theology, morals, history, and antiquities. Among the chief are History of the Holy War, i.e. the Crusades (1643), The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), A Pisgah Sight of Palestine (1650), Church History of Britain, History of Cambridge University (1655), Worthies of England (1662), and Good Thoughts in Bad Times. The outstanding characteristic of F.'s writings is shrewd observation conveyed in a style of quaint humour. Lamb says, "His conceits are oftentimes deeply steeped in human feeling and passion." But in addition there is much wisdom and a remarkable power of casting his observations into a compact, aphoristic form. The Worthies, though far from being a systematic work, is full of interesting biographical and antiquarian matter which, but for the pains of the author, would have been lost. Coleridge says of him, "He was incomparably the most sensible, the least prejudiced great man in an age that boasted a galaxy of great men." F., who was of a singularly amiable character, was a strong Royalist, and suffered the loss of his preferments during the Commonwealth. They were, however, given back to him at the Restoration.
Lives by Russell (1844), J. E. Bailey (1874), and M. Fuller (1886).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Freneau, Philip

​Freneau, Philip (1752-1832).—Poet, b. in New York, produced two vols. of verse (1786-8), the most considerable contribution to poetry made up to that date in America. He fought in the Revolutionary War, was taken prisoner, and confined in a British prison-ship, the arrangements of which he bitterly satirised in The British Prison Ship (1781). He also wrote vigorous prose, of which Advice to Authors is an example. Amid much commonplace and doggerel, F. produced a small amount of genuine poetry in his short pieces, such as The Indian Burying Ground, and The Wild Honeysuckle.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Fuller, Sarah Margaret

​Fuller, Sarah Margaret (1810-1850).—Was b. in Massachusetts, dau. of a lawyer, who encouraged her in overworking herself in the acquisition of knowledge with life-long evil results ​to her health. On his death she supported a large family of brothers and sisters by teaching. Her early studies had made her familiar with the literature not only of England but of France, Spain, and Italy; she had become imbued with German philosophy and mysticism, and she co-operated with Theodore Parker in his revolt against the Puritan theology till then prevalent in New England, and became the conductor of the Transcendentalist organ, The Dial, from 1840-2. She made various translations from the German, and pub. Summer on the Lakes (1844), and Papers on Literature and Art (1846). In the same year she went to Europe, and at Rome met the Marquis Ossoli, an Italian patriot, whom she m. in 1847. She and her husband were in the thick of the Revolution of 1848-9, and in the latter year she was in charge of a hospital at Rome. After the suppression of the Revolution she escaped with her husband from Italy, and took ship for America. The voyage proved most disastrous: small-pox broke out on the vessel, and their infant child d., the ship was wrecked on Fire Island, near New York, and she and her husband were lost. Destitute of personal attractions, she was possessed of a singular power of conciliating sympathy. She was the intimate friend of Emerson, Hawthorn, Channing, and other eminent men.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Galt, John

​Galt, John (1779-1839).—Novelist and miscellaneous writer, s. of the captain of a West Indiaman, was b. at Irvine, Ayrshire, but while still a young man he went to London and formed a commercial partnership, which proved unfortunate, and he then entered Lincoln's Inn to study law. A little before this he had produced his first book, a poem on the Battle of Largs, which, however, he soon suppressed. He then went to various parts of the Continent in connection with certain commercial schemes, and met Lord Byron, with whom he travelled for some time. Returning home he pub. Letters from the Levant, which had a favourable reception, and some dramas, which were less successful. He soon, however, found his true vocation in the novel of Scottish country life, and his fame rests upon the Ayrshire Legatees (1820), The Annals of the Parish (1821), Sir Andrew Wylie (1822), The Entail (1824), and The Provost. He was not so successful in the domain of historical romance, which he tried in Ringan Gilhaize, The Spae-wife, The Omen, etc., although these contain many striking passages. In addition to his novels G. produced many historical and biographical works, including a Life of Wolsey (1812), Life and Studies of Benjamin West (1816), Tour of Asia, Life of Byron (1830), Lives of the Players, and an Autobiography (1834). In addition to this copious literary output, G. was constantly forming and carrying out commercial schemes, the most important of which was the Canada Company, which, like most of his other enterprises, though conducted with great energy and ability on his part, ended in disappointment and trouble for himself. In 1834 he returned from Canada to Greenock, broken in health and spirits, and d. there in 1839 of paralysis. G. was a man of immense talent and energy, but would have held a higher place in literature had he concentrated these qualities upon fewer objects. Most of his 60 books are forgotten, but some of his novels, especially perhaps The Annals of the Parish, have deservedly a secure place. The town of Galt in Canada is named after him.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Freeman, Edward Augustus

​Freeman, Edward Augustus (1823-1892).—Historian s. of John F., was b. at Harborne, Staffordshire. He lost both his parents in childhood, and was brought up by his paternal grand ​mother. He was ed. at private schools, and as a private pupil of the Rev. R. Gutch, whose dau. he afterwards m. In 1841 he was elected to a scholarship at Oxf. He had inherited an income sufficient to make him independent of a profession, and a prepossession in favour of the celibacy of the clergy disinclined him to enter the Church, of which he had at one time thought. He settled ultimately at Somerleaze, near Wells, where he occupied himself in study, writing for periodicals, and with the duties of a magistrate. He was a strong Liberal, and on one occasion stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for Parliament. He was also twice unsuccessful as an applicant for professional chairs, but ultimately, in 1884, succeeded Stubbs as Prof. of Modern History at Oxf. He had always been an enthusiastic traveller, and it was when on a tour in Spain that he took ill and d. on May 16, 1892. F. was a voluminous author, and a keen controversialist. His first book was a History of Architecture (1849), and among the very numerous publications which he issued the most important were History of Federal Government (1863), The History of the Norman Conquest (6 vols., 1867-79), The Historical Geography of Europe (1881-2), The Reign of William Rufus (1882), and an unfinished History of Sicily. Besides these he wrote innumerable articles in periodicals, many of which were separately pub. and contain much of his best work. He was laborious and honest, but the controversial cast of his mind sometimes coloured his work. His short books, such as his William I., and his General Sketch of European History, are marvels of condensation, and show him at his best. His knowledge of history was singularly wide, and he sometimes showed a great power of vivid presentation.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Frere, John Hookham

​Frere, John Hookham (1769-1846).—Diplomatist, translator, and author, eldest s. of John F., a distinguished antiquary, was b. in London, and ed. at Eton and Camb. He became a clerk in the Foreign Office, and subsequently entering Parliament was appointed Under Foreign Sec. In 1800 he was Envoy to Portugal, and was Ambassador to Spain 1802-4, and again 1808-9. In 1818 he retired to Malta, where he d. He was a contributor to the Anti-Jacobin, to Ellis's Specimens of the Early English Poets (1801), and to Southey's Chronicle of the Cid. He also made some masterly translations from Aristophanes; but his chief original contribution to literature was a burlesque poem on Arthur and the Round Table, purporting to be by William and Robert Whistlecraft. All F.'s writings are characterised no less by scholarship than by wit.
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