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See also:COLLINS, See also:MORTIMER (1827-1876) , See also:English writer, was See also:born at See also:Plymouth, where his See also:father, See also:Francis Collins, was a See also:solicitor, on the 29th of See also:June 1827. He was educated at a private school, and after some years spent as mathematical See also:master at See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth's See also:College, See also:Guernsey, he went to See also:London, where he devoted himself to journalism in the Conservative See also:interest. In 1855 he published his Idyls and Rhymes; and in 1865 appeared his first See also:story, Who is the See also:Heir? A second See also:volume of lyrics, The See also:Inn of See also:Strange Meetings, was issued in 1871; and in 1872 he produced his longest and best sustained poem, The See also:British Birds, a communication from the See also:Ghost of See also:Aristophanes. He also wrote several See also:capital novels, the best of which is perhaps Sweet See also:Anne See also:Page (1868). Some of his lyrics, in their See also:light See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
grace, their sparkling wit, their See also:airy See also:philosophy, are equal to anything of their See also:kind in See also:modern English. On his second See also:marriage in 1368 he settled at Knowl See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, See also:Berkshire. Collins was an See also:athlete, an excellent pedestrian, and an enthusiastic See also:lover of See also:country See also:life; and from this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he rarely See also:left his See also:home for a See also:day. Conservative in his See also:political and See also:literary tastes, an ardent upholder of See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church and See also:State, he was yet a hater of See also:convention; and his many and very varied gifts endeared him to a large circle of See also:friends. He died on the 28th of See also:July 1876.
End of Article: COLLINS, MORTIMER (1827-1876)
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