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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Temple, Sir Richard Carnac, C.I.E.

See also Richard Carnac Temple on Wikipedia.
​Temple, Sir Richard Carnac, C.I.E. (1850).—Orientalist, etc. Wide-awake Stories (Punjab Folk Tales) (1884), with Mrs. F. A. Steel, Legends of the Punjab (1883-90), ed. various works dealing with the religious and geography of India, etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Tout, Thomas Frederick

See also Thomas Frederick Tout on Wikipedia.
​Tout, Thomas Frederick (1855).—Historian. Analysis of English History (1891), Edward I. (12 English Statesmen series) (1893), The Empire and the Papacy (1898), History of Great Britain (1902-6), Germany and the Empire (Cambridge Modern History), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Symons, Arthur

See also Arthur Symons on Wikipedia.
​Symons, Arthur (1865).—Poet and critic. An Introduction to the Study of Browning (1886), Days and Nights (1889), London Nights (1895), The Symbolist Movement in Literature (1899), Images of Good and Evil (1900), Studies in Seven Arts (1906), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Thomas, Annie (Mrs. Pender Cudlip)

See also Annie Hall Cudlip on Wikipedia.
​Thomas, Annie (Mrs. Pender Cudlip).—Novelist. Sir Victor's Choice, Denis Doune (1862), Comrades True (1900), The Diva (1901), The Cleavers of Cleaver (1902), Social Ghosts (1903), etc.; has written over 100 novels and tales.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Goodall, Walter

​Goodall, Walter (1706?-1766).—Historical writer, b. in Banffshire, and ed. King's Coll., Aberdeen, became assistant librarian to the Advocates' Library in Edin. In 1754 he pub. an Examination of the Letters said to have been written by Mary Queen of Scots, in which he combats the genuineness of the "Casket Letters." He also ed., among other works, Fordun's Scotichronicon (1759).
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Googe, Barnabe

​Googe, Barnabe (1540-1594).—Poet and translator, b. at Lincoln, studied at both Camb. and Oxf. He was a kinsman of Cecil, who gave him employment in Ireland. He translated from the Latin of Manzolli The Zodiac of Life, a satire against the Papacy, and The Popish Kingdome by T. Kirchmayer, a similar work; also The Foure Bookes of Husbandrie of Conrad Heresbach. In 1563 he pub. a vol. of original poems, Eglogs, Epytaphes, and Sonnettes.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Gordon, Adam Lindsay

​Gordon, Adam Lindsay (1833-1870).—Poet, was b. in the Azores, the s. of an officer in the army. He went to Australia, ​where he had a varied career in connection with horses and riding, for which he had a passion. He betook himself to the Bush, got into financial trouble, and d. by his own hand. In the main he derives his inspiration (as in the Rhyme of Joyous Garde, and Britomarte) from mediaeval and English sources, not from his Australian surroundings. Among his books are Sea-spray and Smoke-drift (1867), Bush Ballads (containing The Sick Stock-rider) (1870), Ashtaroth (1867). In many of his poems, e.g. An Exile's Farewell, and Whispering in the Wattle Boughs, there is a strong vein of sadness and pathos.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Godwin, William

​Godwin, William (1756-1836). Philosopher and novelist, b. at Wisbeach, and ed. at a school in Norwich, to which city his f., a Presbyterian minister, had removed, and subsequently at a Presbyterian coll. at Hoxton, with a view to the ministry. ​From 1778 to 1783 he acted as minister of various congregations near London; but his theological views having undergone important changes, he resigned his pastorate, and devoted himself to a literary career. His first work, a series of historical sketches in the form of sermons, failed. He then found employment as one of the principal writers in the New Annual Register, and became otherwise prominent as an advocate of political and social reform. Many of his views were peculiar and extreme, and even tended, if fully carried out in practice, to subvert morality; but they were propounded and supported by their author with a whole-hearted belief in their efficacy for the regeneration of society: and the singular circumstances of his connection with and ultimate marriage to Mary Wollstonecraft showed at least that he had the courage of his opinions. His Enquiry concerning Political Justice (1793) made him famous. A year later he pub. his masterpiece, Caleb Williams, a novel exhibiting a sombre strength rarely equalled. The next few years were occupied in political controversy, for which G. was, by his sincerity and his masculine style, well fitted; and it was in the midst of these in 1797 that his first marriage, already alluded to, and the death of his wife, of whom he pub. a singular but interesting Life, occurred. In 1799 his second great novel, St. Leon, based upon the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life, appeared. His other novels, Fleetwood (1804), Mandeville (1817), and Cloudesley (1830), are much inferior. In addition to these works G. brought out an elaborate Life of Chaucer in 2 vols. (1803), An Essay on Sepulchres (1808), containing much fine thought finely expressed, A History of the Commonwealth, an Essay against the theories of Malthus (q.v.}, and his last work, Lives of the Necromancers. For some time he engaged in the publishing business, in which, however, he ultimately proved unsuccessful. In his later years he had the office of Yeoman Usher of the Exchequer conferred upon him. G. entered in 1801 into a second marriage with a widow, Mrs. Clairmont, by whom he had a dau. This lady had already a s. and dau., the latter of whom had an irregular connection with Byron. His dau. by his first marriage—Mary Wollstonecraft G.,—became in 1816 the wife of Shelley. G. was a man of simple manners and imperturbable temper.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Glen, William

​Glen, William (1789-1826).—Poet, b. in Glasgow, was for some years in the West Indies. He d. in poverty. He wrote several poems, but the only one which has survived is his Jacobite ballad, Wae's me for Prince Charlie.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Godwin, Mrs. Mary

​Godwin, Mrs. Mary (Wollstonecraft) (1759-1797).—Miscellaneous writer, was of Irish extraction. Her f. was a spendthrift of bad habits, and at 19 Mary left home to make her way in the world. Her next ten years were spent as companion to a lady, in teaching a school at Newington Green, and as governess in the family of Lord Kingsborough. In 1784 she assisted her sister to escape from a husband who ill-treated her. In 1788 she took to translating, and became literary adviser to Johnson the publisher, through whom she became known to many of the literary people oi the day, as well as to certain Radicals, including Godwin, Paine, Priestly, and Fuseli, the painter. She then, 1792, went to Paris, where she met Captain Imlay, with whom she formed a connection, the fruit of which was her daughter Fanny. Captain Imlay having deserted her, she tried to commit suicide at Putney Bridge, but was rescued. Thereafter she resumed her literary labours, and lived with W. Godwin, who married her in 1797. Their dau., Mary, whose birth she did not survive, became the second wife of Shelley. Her chief original writings are a Reply to Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution (1791), Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792), and Original Stories for Children, illustrated by W. Blake. Her Vindication received much adverse criticism on account of its extreme positions and over-plainness of speech.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Goodwin, Thomas

​Goodwin, Thomas (1600-1680).—Divine, was b. in Norfolk, and ed. at Camb., where he was Vicar of Trinity Church. Becoming an Independent, he ministered to a church in London, and thereafter at Arnheim in Holland. Returning to England he was made Chaplain to Cromwell's Council of State, and Pres. of Magdalen Coll., Oxf. At the Restoration he was deprived, but continued to preach in London. He was the author of various commentaries and controversial pamphlets, was a member of the Westminster Assembly, and assisted in drawing up the amended Confession, 1658. He attended Oliver Cromwell on his deathbed.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Glover, Richard

​Glover, Richard (1712-1785).—Poet and dramatist, was a London merchant, and M.P. for Weymouth. A scholarly man with a taste for literature, he wrote two poems in blank verse, Leonidas (1737), and The Athenaid (1787). Though not without a degree of dignity, they want energy and interest, and are now forgotten. He also produced a few dramas, which had little success. He is best remembered by his beautiful ballad, Hosier's Ghost, beginning "As near Portobello lying." G. had the reputation of a useful and public-spirited citizen.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Golding, Arthur

​Golding, Arthur (1535?-1605?).—Translator, s. of a gentleman of Essex, was perhaps at Camb., and was diligent in the translation of theological works by Calvin, Beza, and others, but is chiefly remembered for his versions of Caesar's Commentaries (1565), and specially of Ovid's Metamorphoses (1565-67), the latter in ballad metre. He also translated Justin's History, and part of Seneca.
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# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/White, Henry (6)

From volume 4 of the work.
​White, Henry, s. John, of Helland, Cornwall, pleb. Balliol Coll., matric. 11 July, 1707, aged 20; B.A. from Exeter Coll. 1711; vicar of East Coker, Somerset, 1717. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/White, Henry (3)

From volume 4 of the work.
​White, Henry, of Hants, "gen. cond." Hart Hall, matric. 17 Oct., 1595, aged 30.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/White, Henry (5)

From volume 4 of the work.
​White, Henry (Whyte), 1s. John, of St. Stephen's, Kent, arm. St. Alban Hall, matric. 6 June, 1634, aged 17; student of Gray's Inn 1635, as of Hackington als. St. Stephen's, Kent, esq. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/White, Guyes

From volume 4 of the work.
​White, Guyes, of co. Warwick, cler. fil. Magdalen Hall, matric. 11 Dec., 1618, aged 18; one of these names (B.A.) vicar of Hellidon, Northants, 1624. See Foster's Index Eccl.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/White, Henry (4)

From volume 4 of the work.
​White, Henry (Whyte), of Kent, arm. Queen's Coll., matric. 4 Dec., 1618, aged 17.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/White, Hugh

From volume 4 of the work.
​White, Hugh, s. William, of Okehampton, Devon, p.p. St. Alban Hall, matric. 10 April, 1674, aged 19; perhaps B.A. from Pembroke Coll., Cambridge, 1677, and rector of Washford Pyne 1680, and of Puddington, (both) Devon, 1684. See Foster's Index Eccl.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/White, Griffith

From volume 4 of the work.
​White, Griffith, of co. Pembroke, arm. Jesus Coll., matric. 20 Nov., 1607, aged 19; brother of John 1607.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/White, Henry (1)

From volume 4 of the work.
​White, Henry, fellow New Coll. 1515-27 from Farnham, Surrey, B.C.L. 4 July, 1524, B.Can.L. 8 July, 1527, D.Can.L. 18 Feb., 1527-8; principal of New Inn Hall 1529-30, vice-chancellor 1531, principal or chief moderator of the canon law school; died in 1538. See O.H.S. i. 356; & Fasti, i. 78, 86.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/White, Henry (2)

From volume 4 of the work.
​White, Henry (Whyte), of Hants, pleb. New Coll., matric. entry under date 20 March, 1578-9, aged 20, scholar 1578, B.C.L. 3 June, 1586.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/White, Ignatius

From volume 4 of the work.
​White, Ignatius; see Vitus. See Fasti, ii. 346.
# Agnes Grey (1st edition)

Though the title page states "VOL III,", this is actually the entire work: the first edition was published as the third volume of a "three-volume novel", the first two volumes of which comprised the first edition of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
AGNES GREY.
A NOVEL,
BY
ACTON BELL,
VOL. III.
LONDON:
THOMAS CAUTLEY NEWBY, PUBLISHER,
72, MORTIMER St., CAVENDISH Sq.
1847.
* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 5
* Chapter 6
* Chapter 7
* Chapter 8
* Chapter 9
* Chapter 10
* Chapter 11
* Chapter 12
* Chapter 13
* Chapter 14
* Chapter 15
* Chapter 16
* Chapter 17
* Chapter 18
* Chapter 19
* Chapter 20
* Chapter 21
* Chapter 22
* Chapter 23
* Chapter 24
* Chapter 25
# Agnes Grey

Agnes Grey is the debut novel of English author Anne Brontë, first published in December 1847, and republished in a second edition in 1850. The novel follows Agnes Grey, a governess, as she works in several bourgeois families. Scholarship and comments by Anne's sister Charlotte Brontë suggest the novel is largely based on Anne Brontë's own experiences as a governess for five years. Like her sister Charlotte's novel 'Jane Eyre', it addresses what the precarious position of governess entailed and how it affected a young woman.
    — Excerpted from Agnes Grey on Wikipedia.
* The 1st edition, published as Volume 3 of a three-volume novel, the first two volumes being the first edition of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. It was published by T. C. Newby, who is renowned for poorly supervising the printing and correction of the novels that he published. This edition is no exception; it contains many errors.
* The 2nd edition, posthumously edited by Charlotte Brontë and published in 1850 in a single volume together with Wuthering Heights. Charlotte Brontë corrected many errors but also made editorial changes that are not considered authoritative.
# A shady friend—for Torrid days—

* "A shady friend for torrid days" in Poems: Second Series (1891)
* "A shady friend for torrid days" in The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1924)
# A short history of the Confederate States of America

A book written by the only president of the Confederacy about the short-lived state he was once in charge
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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# A slumber did my spirit seal

* "A slumber did my spirit seal" in Lyrical Ballads Volume II (1800)
* "A slumber" in Poems Volume I (1815)
* "A slumber did my spirit seal", in The Hundred Best Poems (lyrical) in the English language - second series, (1904), edited by Adam Luke Gowans
* "A slumber did my spirit seal", in the Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900 (1931), edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch
* "A slumber did my spirit seal", in the Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918 (1940), edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Castillion, Douglas

From volume 1 of the work.
​Castillion, Douglas, of Berks, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 4 Feb., 1591-2, aged 18; B.A. from Magdalen Coll. 3 Nov., 1595, M.A. 11 Dec., 1599, rector of Stratford Tony, Wilts, 1619, father of John and of Richard. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus & Add. MS., 15,671, p. 241.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Castillion, Thomas (1)

From volume 1 of the work.
​Castillion, Thomas, 'cler. fil.' Magdalen Hall, matric. 19 Nov., 1650; B.A. from Christ Church 29 Jan., 1652-3.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Castle, Denham

From volume 1 of the work.
​Castle, Denham, paup., privilegiatus 17 Dec., 1694; B.A. from Corpus Christi Coll. 1702.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Castillion, John

From volume 1 of the work.
​Castillion, John, s. Douglas, of Stratford Tony, Wilts, sacerd. Magdalen Hall, matric. 23 Nov., 1632, aged 18; B.A. from New Coll. 11 April, 1635, M.A. 18 Jan., 1637-8, created B.D. from Christ Church 17 June, 1646, D.D. 15 Dec., 1660, canon of Canterbury and dean of Rochester 1676-88, vicar of Minster, Isle of Thanet, 1662, rector of Mersham, Kent, 1665; licenced 27 Nov., 1666, to marry Margaret Digges, of Chilham Castle, Kent, spinster; died 21 Oct., 1688, brother of Richard. See Fasti, ii. 244; Burrows, 329; Rawlinson, xviii. 28b; & Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Castillion, Peter

From volume 1 of the work.
​Castillion, Peter, gent. Merton Coll., matric. 14 Feb., 1660-1; B.A. 14 March, 1661-2, vicar of Dinton, Wilts, 1663. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Castillion, Thomas (2)

From volume 1 of the work.
​Castillion, Thomas, s. Francis, of Benham, Berks, gent. New Coll., matric. 9 Nov., 1677, aged 18; B.A. 1681, M.A. 1685, brother of Francis 1683.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Castle, George (1)

From volume 1 of the work.
​Castle, George, B.A. from St. Edmund Hall 28 Feb., 1621-2, one of these names rector of Winchester St. Peter 1632. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Castillion, Francis

From volume 1 of the work.
​Castillion, Francis, s. F(rancis), of Benham, Berks, gent. New Coll., matric. 10 Aug., 1683, aged 18; B.A. 1687, fellow, M.A. 14 Jan., 1690-1, administration at Oxford, granted 27 June, 1691, brother of Thomas 1677.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Castillion, Richard

From volume 1 of the work.
​Castillion, Richard, s. Douglass, of Stratford, Wilts, sacerd. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Dec., 1631, aged 18; brother of John.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Castillione, Valentine

From volume 1 of the work.
​Castillione, Valentine, of Middlesex, arm. Magdalen Coll., matric. 24 Nov., 1581, aged 16; of the Middle Temple 1583, as 2nd son of John Baptist Castillion, of Westminster, esq. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
# A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen/Alexander II.

From volume 1 of the work.
​ALEXANDER II., the only legitimate son of king William, surnamed the Lion, was born in 1198. He succeeded his father, December 4, 1214, in his seventeenth year, and was crowned next day at Scone. Alexander II. is characterised by Fordun as a pious, just, and brave king—as the shield of the church, the safe-guard of the people, and the friend of the miserable. He espoused the cause of the English barons against king John, which led to mutual depredations between the two sovereigns; but on the accession of Henry III. to the crown of England, peace was restored; and in 1221, the friendly intercourse of the two nations was established by the marriage of the king of Scot land to Joan, eldest sister of the king of England. This princess died in 1238, without issue; and in the following year Alexander married Mary de Couci, the scion of a French house, which, in its motto, disclaimed royalty, and rested for distinction on its own merits:
Je suis ni roi, ni prince aussi— Je suis le seigneur de Couci.
During the life of Joan, the British monarchs came to no open rupture, their friendly intimacy being only occasionally interrupted by Henry discovering a disposition to revive the claim of homage from the king of Scotland, which had been given up by Richard I., and by Alexander insisting on his claim to the three northern counties of England; but shortly after the death of Joan, national jealousies broke out, and in 1244, both princes raised armies and prepared for war. By the mediation, however, of several English barons, hostilities were prevented, and a peace concluded. Much of Alexander's reign was occupied in suppressing insurrections of the Celtic inhabitants of Scotland. He died A.D. 1249, in one of the islands of the Hebrides, while engaged in subjecting Angus, the Lord of Argyle, who refused his homage to the Scottish sovereign. He left by his second wife one son, who is the subject of the following article.
# A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen/Alves, Robert

From volume 1 of the work.
​ALVES, Robert, a poet and miscellaneous writer, born at Elgin, in 1745, took his degrees in philosophy at Aberdeen, where he enjoyed the friendship of Dr Beattie, and afterwards, though designed for the church, settled as parish schoolmaster of Deskford. From this place he removed, in 1773, to Banff, whence he migrated in 1779, to Edinburgh, on account of a disappointment in love. In Edinburgh he subsisted by teaching such private persons as chose to employ him, in the Greek, Roman, French, and Italian classics; like a true poet, he was not greatly solicitous about the means of subsistence. Mr Creech, in 1782, published a volume of miscellaneous poems by Alves; in 1789, appeared another, under the title of "Edinburgh, a Poem, in two parts, and the Weeping Bard, in sixteen cantos." In 1784, Alves commenced a laborious work entitled, "Sketches of a History of Literature," which was in the press when he died, January 1st, 1794, and was afterwards published by Dr Alexander Chapman, at whose press it was printed for the intended benefit of the author. This work contains lives and characters of the most eminent writers in different languages, ancient and modern, with critical remarks on their works, together with several literary essays; though miserably inaccurate in every particular, it shows an extensive acquaintance with ancient and modern learning. After his death was published, in 1801, "the Banks of Esk," and other poems, a small 12mo. vol. In a vigorously written preface he repels the aspersions and ridicule cast upon Scotland and Scotsmen, by many English literary men of the period, especially Churchill, Wilks, Junius, and Johnson; and in the introductory canto to "the Banks of Esk," he retaliates on them with great cleverness and vivacity.