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The Brown who emerges is in fact quite different from the man described by Rollins and Ward and favors the generous side of Dilke's estimate.
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Even Dilke's final defense of his friend, which seems to come direct, may conceal the sting of a political pun: "amongst his early companions he had a character for any thing rather than liberality — but he was liberal."
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That the notes are written up and down the margins and extend deep into the gutter effectively (and aggressively) surrounding Milnes 'text, shows Dilke's obvious agitation.
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Jerdan tried to stem the tide by publishing lampoons on the dullness of Dilke's paper; but when the
Early Reviews of English Poets John Louis Haney
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W.L. Phelps, who did not know of Dilke's list, supplied a more correct one in his edition in the
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman
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Other sources of information are to be found in Pope's Correspondence, Spence's Anecdotes, Dilke's Papers of a Critic, Cobbetts Memorials of Twickenham, the Stuart MSS. at Windsor Castle, the MSS. of the Duke of Beaufort, and the Lindsay MSS.
Lady Mary Wortley Montague Melville, Lewis 1925
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We used always to meet, either for breakfast or lunch, at Dilke's house in Sloane Street, or for lunch at the Prince's Restaurant in Piccadilly, or at 2.30 in the lobby of the House of Commons.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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Dilke's unfailing courtesy, his steady adherence to argument, his avoidance of the appeal to passion.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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Dilke's ability is praised everywhere, but almost, one thinks, his manly, ungushing kindness exceeded it.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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Lady Dilke's friends wrote to her, congratulating her on the reward that her courage and her loyalty had reaped.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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