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  • 91Traherne, Thomas — (1636? 1674)    Poet and theological writer, s. of a shoemaker at Hereford where, or at Ledbury, he was probably b. Very few facts concerning him have been preserved, and indeed his very existence had been forgotten until some of his MS. were… …

    Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • 92bookstand — /ˈbʊkstænd/ (say bookstand) noun 1. → bookrack. 2. → bookstall …

  • 93newsstand — /ˈnjuzstænd/ (say nyoohzstand) noun 1. → paperstand. 2. → bookstall (def. 1) …

  • 94Bisset, James — (1762 1832)    Born in the Scottish city of Perth, he was educated at a school where the fee for him and his sister together was a penny a week and enough peat every Monday morning during winter to keep the fire. His love of art and literature… …

    British and Irish poets

  • 95Traherne, Thomas — (1637 1674)    Born in Herefordshire, near the Welsh border, the son of a shoemaker, he graduated B.A. from Brasenose College, Oxford (1656), M.A. 1661, and B.D. 1669, which was awarded on his prose work, Roman Forgeries (published in 1673). He… …

    British and Irish poets

  • 96bookstand — [book′stand΄] n. 1. a stand for holding a book open before a reader 2. BOOKSTALL (sense 1) …

    English World dictionary

  • 97stallman — ˈ ̷ ̷ mən noun also stallkeeper ˈ69 ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ (plural stallmen also stallkeepers) : one who keeps a stall for selling goods (as books) * * * stallˈman noun A keeper of a stall, esp a bookstall • • • Main …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 98stall reader — noun : one that reads books at a bookstall …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 99bookstand — /book stand /, n. 1. a bookrack. 2. a bookstall. [1800 10; BOOK + STAND] …

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