Word Portraits of Famous Writers
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1. Front matter2. INTRODUCTION3. JOSEPH ADDISON 1672-17194. HARRISON AINSWORTH 1805-18825. JANE AUSTEN 1775-18176. FRANCIS, LORD BACON 1560-1-16267. JOANNA BAILLIE 1762-18518. BENJAMIN, LORD BEACONSFIELD 1804-18819. JEREMY BENTHAM 1748-183210. RICHARD BENTLEY 1662-174211. JAMES BOSWELL 1740-179512. CHARLOTTE BRONTË 1816-185513. HENRY, LORD BROUGHAM 1778-186814. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING 1809-186115. JOHN BUNYAN 1628-168816. EDMUND BURKE 1730-179717. ROBERT BURNS 1759-179618. SAMUEL BUTLER 1612-168019. GEORGE, LORD BYRON 1788-182420. THOMAS CAMPBELL 1777-184421. THOMAS CARLYLE 1795-188122. THOMAS CHATTERTON 1752-177023. GEOFFREY CHAUCER ABOUT 1340-140024. PHILIP, LORD CHESTERFIELD 1694-177325. WILLIAM COBBETT 1762-183526. HARTLEY COLERIDGE 1796-184927. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 1772-183428. WILLIAM COLLINS 1720-175629. WILLIAM COWPER 1731-180030. GEORGE CRABBE 1754-183231. DANIEL DE FOE 1661-173132. CHARLES DICKENS 1812-187033. ISAAC D’ISRAELI 1766-184834. JOHN DRYDEN 1631-170035. MARY ANNE EVANS (George Eliot) 1819-188036. HENRY FIELDING 1707-175437. JOHN GAY 1688-173238. EDWARD GIBBON 1737-179439. WILLIAM GODWIN 1756-183640. OLIVER GOLDSMITH 1728-177441. DAVID GRAY 1838-186142. THOMAS GRAY 1716-177143. HENRY HALLAM 1777-185944. WILLIAM HAZLITT 1778-183045. FELICIA HEMANS 1794-183546. JAMES HOGG 1770-183547. THOMAS HOOD 1798-184548. THEODORE HOOK 1788-184149. DAVID HUME 1711-177650. LEIGH HUNT 1784-185951. ELIZABETH INCHBALD 1753-182152. FRANCIS, LORD JEFFREY 1773-185053. DOUGLAS JERROLD 1803-185754. SAMUEL JOHNSON 1709-178455. BEN JONSON 1574-163756. JOHN KEATS 1795-182157. JOHN KEBLE 1792-186658. CHARLES KINGSLEY 1812-187559. CHARLES LAMB 1775-183460. LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON 1802-183861. WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR 1775-186462. CHARLES LEVER 1806-187263. MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS 1775-181864. JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART 1794-185465. SIR RICHARD LOVELACE 1618-165866. EDWARD, LORD LYTTON 1803-187367. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY 1800-185968. WILLIAM MAGINN 1793-184269. FRANCIS MAHONY (Father Prout) 1805-186670. FREDERICK MARRYAT 1792-184871. HARRIET MARTINEAU 1802-187672. FREDERICK DENISON MAURICE 1805-187273. JOHN MILTON 1608-167474. MARY RUSSELL MITFORD 1786-185575. LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU 1690-176276. THOMAS MOORE 1779-185277. HANNAH MORE 1745-183378. SIR THOMAS MORE 1480-153579. CAROLINE NORTON 1808-187780. THOMAS OTWAY 1651-168581. SAMUEL PEPYS 1632-170382. ALEXANDER POPE 1688-174483. BRYAN WALLER PROCTER 1787-187484. THOMAS DE QUINCEY 1786-185985. ANN RADCLIFFE 1764-182386. SIR WALTER RALEIGH 1552-161887. CHARLES READE 1814-188488. SAMUEL RICHARDSON 1689-176189. SAMUEL ROGERS 1763-185590. DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 1828-188291. RICHARD SAVAGE 1697-174392. SIR WALTER SCOTT 1771-183293. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564-161694. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY 1798-185195. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY 1792-182296. RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 1751-181697. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 1554-1587-898. HORACE SMITH 1779-184999. SYDNEY SMITH 1771-1845100. TOBIAS SMOLLETT 1721-1771101. ROBERT SOUTHEY 1774-1843102. EDMUND SPENSER 1553-1599103. ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY 1815-1881104. SIR RICHARD STEELE 1671-1729105. LAURENCE STERNE 1713-1768106. SIR JOHN SUCKLING 1608-1641107. JONATHAN SWIFT 1667-1745108. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 1811-1863109. JAMES THOMSON 1700-1748110. ANTHONY TROLLOPE 1815-1882111. EDMUND WALLER 1605-1687112. HORACE WALPOLE 1717-1797113. IZAAC WALTON 1593-1683114. JOHN WILSON 1785-1854115. ELLEN WOOD (Mrs. Henry Wood) 1814-1887116. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 1770-1850117. SIR HENRY WOTTON 1568-1639118. RICHARD BENTLEY & SON’S