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  • In England Richard Fisher treated his fine examples of early book-illustration as part of his collection of engravings, etchings and woodcuts (illustrated catalogue printed 1879), and Frederick Locker (Locker-Lampson) formed in two small bookcases such a gathering of first editions of English imaginative literature that the mere catalogue of it (printed in 1886) produced the effect of a stately and picturesque procession.

    Book Collecting 1995

  • It was Locker-Lampson, it may here be mentioned, who sent in C.S. Calverley's ewe-lamb -- a charade -- to _Punch's_ pages.

    The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

  • The late Locker-Lampson declared that Pope’s “Rape of the Lock” would be the best possible example of vers de société in its perfection, if only it had not been quite so long-drawn as it is; and for the same reason even the most exquisite of novelettes, “Daphnis and Chloe, ” for instance, must be distinguished from the more compact short-story.

    Introduction 1907

  • If the past can point to Prior and to Praed, we can boast, in their various departments, of Calverly, of Locker-Lampson, of Mr. Andrew Lang, of

    Victorian Songs Lyrics of the Affections and Nature Edmund Henry Garrett 1891

  • Locker-Lampson, as the peasant thinks of the White Czar when his master's banqueting hall dazzles him.

    Gossip in a Library Edmund Gosse 1888

  • Whatever Locker-Lampson pronounced good, the world now knows to have been exactly what he pronounced, for his taste was very fine.

    Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • Patmore; a collection of "society verse" by Locker-Lampson; and several things of that sort.

    Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • In 1936, when the Government decided to prosecute the author of this book for speaking the truth about the Jews, it was Locker-Lampson who was chosen to be the official spokesman in Parliament to bring the frightful crime to its notice.

    Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free Fester 2010

  • Locker-Lampson, Frederick, inappropriate edition of his "My

    The Booklover and His Books Harry Lyman Koopman 1898

  • I watched the long, long, shade, [_all commas as printed_] _THE LONG WHITE SEAM. _ [_final. missing or invisible_] [Locker-Lampson] _THE CUCKOO. _ [_printed, for.

    Victorian Songs Lyrics of the Affections and Nature Edmund Henry Garrett 1891

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