INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
JOSEPH ADDISON 1672-1719
HARRISON AINSWORTH 1805-1882
JANE AUSTEN 1775-1817
FRANCIS, LORD BACON 1560-1-1626
JOANNA BAILLIE 1762-1851
BENJAMIN, LORD BEACONSFIELD 1804-1881
JEREMY BENTHAM 1748-1832
RICHARD BENTLEY 1662-1742
JAMES BOSWELL 1740-1795
CHARLOTTE BRONTE 1816-1855
HENRY, LORD BROUGHAM 1778-1868
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING 1809-1861
JOHN BUNYAN 1628-1688
EDMUND BURKE 1730-1797
ROBERT BURNS 1759-1796
SAMUEL BUTLER 1612-1680
GEORGE, LORD BYRON 1788-1824
THOMAS CAMPBELL 1777-1844
THOMAS CARLYLE 1795-1881
THOMAS CHATTERTON 1752-1770
GEOFFREY CHAUCER ABOUT 1340-1400
PHILIP, LORD CHESTERFIELD 1694-1773
WILLIAM COBBETT 1762-1835
HARTLEY COLERIDGE 1796-1849
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 1772-1834
WILLIAM COLLINS 1720-1756
WILLIAM COWPER 1731-1800
GEORGE CRABBE 1754-1832
DANIEL DE FOE 1661-1731
CHARLES DICKENS 1812-1870
ISAAC D'ISRAELI 1766-1848
JOHN DRYDEN 1631-1700
MARY ANNE EVANS ( George Eliot ) 1819-1880
HENRY FIELDING 1707-1754
JOHN GAY 1688-1732
EDWARD GIBBON 1737-1794
WILLIAM GODWIN 1756-1836
OLIVER GOLDSMITH 1728-1774
DAVID GRAY 1838-1861
THOMAS GRAY 1716-1771
HENRY HALLAM 1777-1859
WILLIAM HAZLITT 1778-1830
FELICIA HEMANS 1794-1835
JAMES HOGG 1770-1835
THOMAS HOOD 1798-1845
THEODORE HOOK 1788-1841
DAVID HUME 1711-1776
LEIGH HUNT 1784-1859
ELIZABETH INCHBALD 1753-1821
FRANCIS, LORD JEFFREY 1773-1850
DOUGLAS JERROLD 1803-1857
SAMUEL JOHNSON 1709-1784
BEN JONSON 1574-1637
JOHN KEATS 1795-1821
JOHN KEBLE 1792-1866
CHARLES KINGSLEY 1812-1875
CHARLES LAMB 1775-1834
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON 1802-1838
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR 1775-1864
CHARLES LEVER 1806-1872
MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS 1775-1818
JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART 1794-1854
SIR RICHARD LOVELACE 1618-1658
EDWARD, LORD LYTTON 1803-1873
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY 1800-1859
WILLIAM MAGINN 1793-1842
FRANCIS MAHONY ( Father Prout ) 1805-1866
FREDERICK MARRYAT 1792-1848
HARRIET MARTINEAU 1802-1876
FREDERICK DENISON MAURICE 1805-1872
JOHN MILTON 1608-1674
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD 1786-1855
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU 1690-1762
THOMAS MOORE 1779-1852
HANNAH MORE 1745-1833
SIR THOMAS MORE 1480-1535
CAROLINE NORTON 1808-1877
THOMAS OTWAY 1651-1685
SAMUEL PEPYS 1632-1703
ALEXANDER POPE 1688-1744
BRYAN WALLER PROCTER 1787-1874
THOMAS DE QUINCEY 1786-1859
ANN RADCLIFFE 1764-1823
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 1552-1618
CHARLES READE 1814-1884
SAMUEL RICHARDSON 1689-1761
SAMUEL ROGERS 1763-1855
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 1828-1882
RICHARD SAVAGE 1697-1743
SIR WALTER SCOTT 1771-1832
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564-1616
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY 1798-1851
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY 1792-1822
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 1751-1816
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 1554-1587-8
HORACE SMITH 1779-1849
SYDNEY SMITH 1771-1845
TOBIAS SMOLLETT 1721-1771
ROBERT SOUTHEY 1774-1843
EDMUND SPENSER 1553-1599
ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY 1815-1881
SIR RICHARD STEELE 1671-1729
LAURENCE STERNE 1713-1768
SIR JOHN SUCKLING 1608-1641
JONATHAN SWIFT 1667-1745
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY 1811-1863
JAMES THOMSON 1700-1748
ANTHONY TROLLOPE 1815-1882
EDMUND WALLER 1605-1687
HORACE WALPOLE 1717-1797
IZAAC WALTON 1593-1683
JOHN WILSON 1785-1854
ELLEN WOOD ( Mrs. Henry Wood ) 1814-1887
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 1770-1850
SIR HENRY WOTTON 1568-1639
RICHARD BENTLEY and SON'S
FOOTNOTES:
Title: Word Portraits of Famous Writers
Editor: Mabel E. (Mabel Elizabeth) Wotton
Language: English
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WORD PORTRAITS
OF
FAMOUS WRITERS
EDITED BY MABEL E. WOTTON
‘What manner of man is he?’ Twelfth Night
LONDON RICHARD BENTLEY & SON Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen 1887
Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.
