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Title: A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ..
Year: 1846 (1840s)
Authors: Davenport, R. A. (Richard Alfred), 1777?-1852
Subjects: Biography
Publisher: Boston, Otis, Broaders, and Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Conscious Lovers; but his benevo-lence and his lavish habits kept him in astate of constant embarrassment. A para-lytic attack at lengtli rendered him incapa-ble of literary exertion, and he retired toLlangunuor, in Caermarthenshire, wherehe died in 1729. STEVENS, George, a commentator,was born, in 1736, at Stepney; was edu-cated at Kings College, Cambridge; anddied in 1800. He was a man of talentand exter sive reading, but his dispositionwas not amiable. His first work, pub-lished in 1766, was an edition of twentyof Shakapeareg plays; the notes to which, and additions, were afterwards incorpo-rated with those of Johnson. STEPHENS, Alexander, a miscella-neous writer, was born, in 1757, at Elgin;studied at Aberdeen ; was designed fur thelaw, but gave himself up to literature; anddied in 1821. He wrote a History of theWar of the Frejich Revolution; and Me-moirs of John Home Tooke; and contrib-uted to the Monthly Magazine; PublicCharacters; and The Annual Obituary. STEPHENS. See Etienne
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STERNE, Laurence,a miscellaneouswriter, was born, in 1713, at Clonmel, inIreland; and was educated at a schoolnear Halifax, and at Jesus College, Cam-bridge. He successively obtained the livingof Sutton, a prebend at York, the rectoryof Stilliugton, and the curacy of Coxwold.In 1760 he published the first two volumesof Tristram Shandy; the remainder ap-peared in 1761, 1762, 1765, and 1767.Some of his latter years were spent intravelling on the continent, and his travelsgave birth to The Sentimental Journey.He died in 1768. Besides the worksalready mentioned, he wrote Sermons,and various minor pieces. When all thatSterne borrowed from old authors is de-ducted, there will still remain enough ofwit, humour, and pathos, to entitle himto a distinguished place among Britishauthors. His indecency, however, doublydisgusting in a clergyman, deserves severecensure. STEUBEN, Frederick WilliamAugustus, Baron de, was a Prussianofficer, aid-de-camp to Frederic the (Jreat,and lieutenant general in t

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