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After passing through various private schools, he proceeded to Cambridge, where he had a distinguished career, and after entering the Church and filling various preferments in the country, became minister of Quebec Chapel, London, whence he was promoted to be Dean of Canterbury. His great work was his Greek Testament in 4 vols., of which the first was pub. in 1849 and the last in 1861.
She stopped till he had come up to her. 'Wot 'ave yer come aht again for? she said. 'I've come aht ter say good night to you, Liza, he answered. 'But yer said good night a moment ago. 'I wanted to say it again properly. 'Where's yer missus? 'Oh, she's gone in. I said I was dry and was goin' ter 'ave a drink after all. 'But she'll know yer didn't go ter the pub.
He was a sound classical scholar, and pub. He held the view that the Iliad and Odyssey are now substantially as they were originally composed. M. was Lord Rector of Glasgow Univ. 1847-48. Actor and dramatist, b. in Ireland, and ed. at St. Omer, went on the stage, then studied for the Bar, to which he was ultimately admitted after some demur on account of his connection with the stage.
The sea looked mighty good to us, for we hadn't seen it since our landing in October, though we had seen plenty of water rain water since. We raced our car along the beach, got out and snapshotted one another, admired the views, and cut up generally like a gang of boys let loose from school. Then somebody said "tea," and we drove to a little rather suspicious looking "Pub" on the beach.
After various other poetical excursions he pub. Observations on Spenser's Faery Queen , which greatly increased his reputation, and in 1757 he was made Prof. of Poetry at Oxf., which position he held for 10 years.
They had got quite near the Westminster Bridge Road when Jim suggested that they should go and have one more drink before closing time. 'I shall be tight, said Liza. 'Thet don't matter, answered Jim, laughing. 'You ain't got ter go ter work in the mornin' an' you can sleep it aht. 'Arright, I don't mind if I do then, in for a penny, in for a pound. At the pub door she drew back.
I met Krill, as he wos then, some twenty-five year back by chance, as you may say" he cast a strange look at the detective, which the latter noted "yes, by chance, Mr. Hurd. I found he kep' the pub here, and this bein' no distance from Southampton I took to runnin' down here when the barkey was at anchor.
His adventures were pub. in Travels in the Interior of Africa , which had great success. He m. and set up in practice in Peebles; but in 1805 accepted an invitation by Government to undertake another journey in Africa. From this he never returned, having perished in a conflict with natives. His narratives, written in a straightforward and pleasing style, are among the classics of travel.
"'Your bisness! I ses. 'Wot bisness? "'There's some people as might like to know that you leave the wharf to look arter itself while you're sitting in a pub swilling gallons and gallons o' beer, he ses, in a nasty sort o' way. 'Live and let live, that's my motter." "'I don't know wot you're talking about, I ses, 'but it don't matter anyways. I've got a clear conscience; that's the main thing.
"Oh," said Hurd, carelessly, "it is said Aaron Norman was Krill." "Might ha' bin. I don't know myself," was the gruff reply. "Ah! Then you did not know Lemuel Krill?" "Well," admitted the captain, reluctantly, "I did. He wos the landlord of this here pub, and a cuss to drink. Lor', 'ow he could drink, and did too.
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