Word: dufferin
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...July Manhattan will have a humorous short story, "Plain Fishing," by Frank R. Stockton, the author of that amusing sketch, the "Lady of the Tiger?" A biographical and critical paper will appear on the Earl of Dufferin, written by J. L. Whittle, the earl's in intimate friend, and one of the staff of the Lord Chancellor of England. J. Parker Norris, so well known as a Shakespearean scholar and collector, is not likely to be lacking in a reverence for Shakespeare, and yet, in discussing the question, "Shall we open Shakespeare's Grave?" he did not hesitate to argue...
...England during the coming spring. The game of lacrosse has met with considerable favor in England, and her associations of gentlemen amateurs are very desirous of meeting a team of players from this country. In the north of Ireland, where the association is headed by the Earl of Dufferin, the feeling is much the same. This good feeling ensures a pleasant and successful trip,-and it is to be hoped that victory will fall to the lot of our American team. Nor is this unlikely. The playas in this country have had considerable instruction from old Canadians now resident here...
...Lord Dufferin started from Constantinople for England yesterday. He will go by way of Vienna...
...Sultan invited Lord Dufferin, the British ambassador, to the palace yesterday, and expressed to him his regret at the affray on Sunday in Alexandria, and especially at the wounding of Mr. Cookson, the British consul, and the killing of the engineer of the British man-of-war Superb...