Dictionary of National Biography. SupplementSir Sidney Lee Smith, Elder, & Company, 1901 First supplement to the original Dictionary of national biography published in 63 vols., 1885-1900. |
من داخل الكتاب
النتائج 1-5 من 91
الصفحة 11
... visits to Dublin , where his father , the Duke of Marlborough , for whom he always cherished a deep and sincere affection , was then residing as lord- lieutenant of Ireland . In these visits , and in conversations with the able and ...
... visits to Dublin , where his father , the Duke of Marlborough , for whom he always cherished a deep and sincere affection , was then residing as lord- lieutenant of Ireland . In these visits , and in conversations with the able and ...
الصفحة 15
... visited the other Indian capitals and most of the chief towns of the peninsula , occupying himself to some extent with sport , and at the same time studying the political situation of the country . He was enthusiastically welcomed by ...
... visited the other Indian capitals and most of the chief towns of the peninsula , occupying himself to some extent with sport , and at the same time studying the political situation of the country . He was enthusiastically welcomed by ...
الصفحة 21
... visited Kim- berley and Johannesburg , and rode across Bechuanaland and Mashonaland , inspecting the reefs and gold mines , conversing with the principal officials , and shooting lions and antelopes as occasion offered . Öne result of ...
... visited Kim- berley and Johannesburg , and rode across Bechuanaland and Mashonaland , inspecting the reefs and gold mines , conversing with the principal officials , and shooting lions and antelopes as occasion offered . Öne result of ...
الصفحة 25
... visited were ' called up to their first life by his massive vigour ' ( FREEMAN , English Towns and Dis- tricts , p . 5 ) . He was also one of three trustees of the Cambrian Archæological Asso- ciation . Commencing with an account of ...
... visited were ' called up to their first life by his massive vigour ' ( FREEMAN , English Towns and Dis- tricts , p . 5 ) . He was also one of three trustees of the Cambrian Archæological Asso- ciation . Commencing with an account of ...
الصفحة 32
... visited America . He produced no other important composition until 1883 , when he collaborated with Mr. G. R. Sims in a comic opera , The Merry Duchess , ' performed at the Royalty Theatre on 23 May . His last work , a fairy spectacular ...
... visited America . He produced no other important composition until 1883 , when he collaborated with Mr. G. R. Sims in a comic opera , The Merry Duchess , ' performed at the Royalty Theatre on 23 May . His last work , a fairy spectacular ...
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Academy afterwards appointed April Athenæum baron became bill bishop born brevet British British Museum buried Cambridge Charles chief church College colonel colony command council court daugh daughter death died Dublin Duke earl Edinburgh edition educated Edward eldest elected engineer English father France Froude George Gladstone Gladstone's graduated B.A. Henry History home rule House of Commons House of Lords India Ireland Irish James Journal July June land lectures letter liberal Lincoln's Inn London Lord Randolph Lord Salisbury Manchester March married medal Memoirs ment mentioned in despatches minister Museum Owens College Oxford papers parliament party political portrait published q. v. Suppl queen railway residence resigned retired Robert Royal royal engineers Scotland secretary Sept Sir John Sir William Society speech successful Thomas tion took Trinity College visited vols volume wife wrote
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 28 - The Complete Concordance to Shakespeare, being a Verbal Index to all the Passages in the Dramatic Works of the Poet.
الصفحة 44 - Coleridge was appointed chief justice of the queen's bench, and the offices of chief justice of the common pleas and chief baron of the exchequer (vacant by the death of Chief-baron Kelly) were abolished under the Judicature Acts.
الصفحة 29 - Proverbs; Or, The Wise Saws of Our Wisest Poet, Collected into a Modern Instance.
الصفحة 29 - The Shakespeare Key: unlocking the treasures of his style, elucidating the peculiarities of his construction, and displaying the beauties of his expression; forming a companion to " The Complete Concordance to Shakespeare.
الصفحة 76 - The Chinaman at Home and Abroad. By JOHN COMING CHINAMAN. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. While cast in the form of fiction, this "work, written from the Chinese point of view, will be found to throw valuable light on a curious and much misunderstood people. THE HEBREW TWINS : A Vindication of God's Ways with Jacob and Esau. By the late Rev. SAMUEL Cox, DD, Author of "Expositions
الصفحة 305 - Lords against the Government, the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the working of the Land Act. The Cabinet refused to recognise the Committee, and no Ministerialist sat upon it. Gladstone took so strong a view of the conduct of the Lords in seeking to interfere, as he put it, with the proceedings of a statutory tribunal, that on February 27 he moved in the House of Commons a protest against the appointment of the Committee, which was really a vote of censure on the majority of the...
الصفحة 321 - I shall ever gratefully remember his devotion and zeal in all that concerned my personal welfare and that of my family.
الصفحة 27 - conveying letters or parcels between places by the pressure of air and vacuum.' A similar patent was taken out on 11 June 1857, and subsequently he constructed the 4ft. 6in. pneumatic tube between the General Post Office and Euston station. In 1874 he entered into partnership with John Standfield as an hydraulic and canal engineer ; the works of the firm were at Grays, Essex, and it constructed numerous floating docks, notably those at Vladivostock, Hamburg, Havana, Stettin, and North Shields. He...
الصفحة 36 - ... gentleman, also throwing himself with vigour into local and county business. He became a captain in the militia, chairman of the parish school and parochial boards, served as convener of the finance committee of the county, and occupied other public posts. Taking up the study of archaeology, he became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and contributed a large series of most valuable papers to the 'Proceedings
الصفحة 225 - ... here with all good Christians and all true Englishmen, and will not be forgotten by me as opportunity shall serve. I hope you have long before this time received that good supply which went from hence in July last,*** whereby you will perceive that you have not been forgotten here.