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CAPERN, EDWARD (1819-1894)

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CAPERN, EDWARD (1819-1894)

CAPERN, See also:
EDWARD
EDWARD (1819-1894) , See also:

ENGLISH

English poet, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

TIVERTON

Tiverton, See also:

Devonshire, on the 21st of See also:

JANUARY

January 1819. From an See also:

early See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he worked in a See also:

LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace factory, but owing to failing eyesight he had to abandon this occupation in 1847 and he was in dire See also:

DISTRESS

distress until he secured an See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment to be " the Rural Postman of See also:

BIDEFORD

Bideford," by which name he is usually known. He occupied his leisure in See also:

writing occasional See also:

POETRY

poetry which struck the popular See also:

FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy. Collected in a See also:

VOLUME

volume and published by subscription in 1856, it received the warm praise of the reviews and many distinguished See also:

PEOPLE

people. Poems, by Edward Capern, was followed by See also:

BALLADS

Ballads and Songs (1858), The Devonshire Melodist (a collection of the author's songs, some of them to his own See also:

MUSIC

music) and Wayside Warbles (1865), and resulted in a See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

list See also:

PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension being granted him by See also:

Lord See also:

Palmerston. He died on the 5th of See also:

JUNE

June 1894.

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