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See also:CUNNINGHAM, See also:ALLAN (1784-1842) , Scottish poet and See also:man of letters, was See also:born at Keir, See also:Dumfriesshire, on the 7th of See also:December 1784, and began See also:life as a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
mason's apprentice. His See also:father was a See also:neighbour of See also:Burns at Ellisland, and Allan with his See also:brother See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James visited James See also:Hogg, the See also:Ettrick shepherd, who became a friend to both. Cunningham contributed some songs to See also:Roche's See also:Literary Recreations in 1807, and in 1809 he collected old See also:ballads for See also:Robert See also:Hartley Cromek's Remains of See also:Nithsdale and See also:Galloway See also:Song; he sent in, however, poems of his own, which the editor inserted, even though he may have suspected their real author-See also:ship. In 1810 Cunningham went to See also:London, where he supported himself chiefly by newspaper See also:reporting till 1814, when he became clerk of the See also:works in the studio of See also:Francis See also:Chantrey, retaining this employment till the sculptor's See also:death in 1841. He meanwhile continued to be busily engaged in literary See also:work. Cunningham's See also:prose is often spoiled by its misplaced and too ambitious See also:rhetoric; his See also:verse also is often over-ornate, and both are full of manner-isms. Some of his songs, however,. hold a high See also:place among
See also:British lyrics. " A Wet See also:Sheet and a Flowing See also:Sea " is one of the best of our sea-songs, although written by a landsman; and many other of Cunningham's songs will See also:bear comparison with it. He died on the 3oth of See also:October 1842.
He was married to See also:Jean See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
- WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
- WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
- WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
- WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
- WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
- WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)
Walker, who had been servant in a See also:house where he lived, and had five sons and one daughter. See also:JOSEPH DAVEY CUNNINGHAM (1812-1851) entered the See also:Bengal See also:Engineers, and is known by his See also:History of the Sikhs (1849). See also:SIR See also:ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM (1814-1893) also entered the Bengal Engineers; attaining the See also:rank of See also:major-See also:general; he was director general of the See also:Indian Archaeological Survey (1870-1885), and wrote an See also:Ancient See also:Geography of See also:India (1871) and Coins of See also:Medieval India (1894). See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
PETER CUNNINGHAM (1816-1869) published several topographical and See also:biographical studies, of which the most important are his Handbook of London (1849) and The Life of See also:Drummond of Hawthornden (1833). FRANCIS CUNNINGHAM (1820-1875) joined the Indian See also:army, and published See also:editions of See also:Ben See also:Jonson (1871), See also:Marlowe (187o) and See also:Massinger (1871).
The works of Allan Cunningham include Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors and Architects (1829-1833); Sir Marmaduke See also:Maxwell (182o), a dramatic poem; Traditionary Tales of the Peasantry (1822), several novels (See also:Paul See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones, Sir See also:Michael See also:Scott, See also:Lord Roldan); the Maid of Elwar, a sort of epic See also:romance; the Songs of See also:Scotland (1825) ; Biographical and See also:Critical History of the Literature of the Last Fifty Years (1833) ; an edition of The Works of Robert Burns, with notes and a life containing a See also:good See also:deal of new material (1834) ; Biographical and Critical See also:Dissertations affixed to Major's See also:Cabinet See also:Gallery of Pictures; and Life, See also:Journals and See also:Correspondence of Sir See also:David See also:Wilkie, published in 1843. An edition of his Poems and Songs was issued by his son, Peter Cunningham, in 1847.
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