Word: london
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Geological Society of London conferred on him its Wollaston medal, and in 1877 he received the Copley gold medal from the Royal Society of London. He was a member of numerous scientific societies both at home and abroad...
...London Pastime says in speaking of the international games...
...London, England, Sporting Life of March 20, the department entitled "Men and Matters in the World of Sport" and signed "Old Blue," speaks of the postponement of the annual Oxford Cambridge sports to July 3, and adds: "Wiser policy was never evinced than the postponement in question, but now one course of training will suffice for the inter-'varsity amateur championship and international meetings. Yes, I am glad to say the latter is now practically decided and another American vs. English universities' tussle awaits us in the near future, I fancy, but anon with authority...
...writings in regard to Beatrice are innumerable, but few of them are worth reading. La Beatrice di Dante, by Gabriele Rossetti, London, 1842, the' the writer's general theory is fantastic, contains many acute and sympathetic passages...
...most important comments for the student are those of the fourteenth century, especially that in the Latin of Benvenutus de Imola, and that in Italian by Francesco da Buti. In his Readings of the Purgatory of Dante, 2 vols., 12mo., London, 1889, the Hon. W. W. Vernon has closely followed and translated Benvenuto's comment to the great benefit of readers unacquainted with Latin...