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    Henry Swinburne (1743–1803) was an English travel writer. He was born at Bristol on 8 July 1743, into a Catholic recusant family: he was the fourth son...
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    the eldest of six children born to Captain (later Admiral) Charles Henry Swinburne (1797–1877) and Lady Jane Henrietta, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Ashburnham...
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    Nora Swinburne, was an English actress who appeared in many British films. Swinburne was born in Bath, Somerset, the daughter of Henry Swinburne Johnson...
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  • The earliest known occurrence of the phrase vena amoris was from Henry Swinburne, an English ecclesiastical lawyer whose work covering marriage, "A...
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    Henry Swinburne (1551–1624) was an English ecclesiastical lawyer and scholar. Initially working as a clerk at a Consistory Court he attended the University...
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  • Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) was an English poet and writer. Swinburne or Swinburn may also refer to: Swinburne (surname), includes Swinburn Swinburne Hale...
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  • engineer, politician and public man. Henry Swinburne, 18th century British traveller and author Henry Swinburne (lawyer), 16th century English ecclesiastical...
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    Charles Henry Swinburne, younger son of the sixth baronet, was an admiral in the Royal Navy. His eldest son was the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne. The...
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    a trap by the feigned retreat of the Algerines, the travel writer Henry Swinburne wrote that the Spaniards would have been "broken and slaughtered to...
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    of the Grand Tour during the 18th and 19th centuries, for instance Henry Swinburne, Patrick Brydone, John Soane, Goethe, the Count de Borde, the artist...
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  • Walker's mother was Maria Theresa Henrietta (Harriet) Swinburne, daughter of Henry and Martha Swinburne. Baker, John (1931). The Diary of John Baker, Barrister...
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    Hamsterley was given, in 1762, by Sir John Swinburne Bt to his younger brother Henry Swinburne. In 1769, Henry carried out substantial alterations to the...
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    behavior was shocking.[page needed] In May 1787 she was visited by Henry Swinburne, who described her and their meeting: "To Bellevue with Mrs S., were...
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  • (1516–1586) Martín de Azpilcueta (1491–1586) Hendrik de Moy (+1610) Henry Swinburne (1551–1624) Agostinho Barbosa (1589–1649) Ludwig Engel (died 1694)...
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    Saint-Non (in 1778) and Stendhal (in 1817), the British travellers Henry Swinburne (in c. 1775), Richard Keppel Craven (in c. 1820), Craufurd Tait Ramage...
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    (the vena amoris) that led to the heart. This idea was popularized by Henry Swinburne in A treatise of Spousals, or Matrimonial Contracts (1686). The story...
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    Beckford, Esq., of Somerly in Suffolk, published in 1773. Soon afterwards Henry Swinburne visited; his Travels in the two Sicilies. 1777-1780 was published in...
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    This idea was in vogue in the 16th and 17th century England, when Henry Swinburne referred to it in his book about marriage. It can be traced to ancient...
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    Charles Henry Swinburne, and was mother of the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne) Lady Katherine Frances Ashburnham (1812–1839), who married Henry William...
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    75–86. doi:10.4000/mediterranee.3190. Diod. xii. 10; Strab. l. c. Henry Swinburne, Travels, vol. i. pp. 291, 292; Romanelli, vol. i. p. 236.  This article incorporates...
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    Algernon Charles Swinburne was born at no 7 in 1837, the eldest of six children of Captain (later Admiral) Charles Henry Swinburne (1797–1877) and Lady...
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    Charles Swinburne used the term to refer to three plays, but that use is not current. In one sense, the Henriad refers to: Richard II; Henry IV, Part...
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  • Pierre-Louis-Auguste de Crusy, Marquis de Marcillac, Edward Clarke, Henry Swinburne, Tobias George Smollett, Richard Twiss and innumerable others who perpetuated...
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    Algerians no fewer than 15 artillery pieces and some 9000 other weapons. Henry Swinburne, a British travel writer wrote that the Spanish would have been "broken...
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    (2013). Impressions of Southern Italy: British Travel Writing from Henry Swinburne to Norman Douglas. Routledge. ISBN 9781134705139. Sutherland, John...
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    John Swinburne, 6th Baronet (6 March 1762 – 26 September 1860) was an English politician and patron of the arts. He was born at Bordeaux. The Swinburne family...
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  • Anthony Bannister Swinburne (c. 1858 – 1889) was a British explorer and ivory trader who served as an assistant to Henry Morton Stanley. He is known for...
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    remembered particularly as the friend and minder of Algernon Charles Swinburne, whom he rescued from alcoholism and drug use and persuaded to continue...
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    caused scandals in the city. This same year, the British traveler Henry Swinburne visited the city, who left testimony about the Carnival celebrations...
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    Richard Twiss, Francis Carter, William Dalrymple, Philip Thicknesse, Henry Swinburne, John Talbot Dillon, Alexander Jardine, Richard Croker, Richard Cumberland...
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