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=Coleridge [k[=o]l'r[)i]j], Hartley.= 1796-1849. Poet. Son to S. T. C.
Author of Poems, Essays, Life of Ma.s.singer, etc. Style in both prose and verse clear and beautiful. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 4._
=Coleridge, Henry Nelson.= 1800-1843. Neph. to S. T. C. Essayist.
Style able and scholarly.
=Coleridge, John Taylor.= 1790-1876. Neph. to S. T. C. Author of an annotated Blackstone, Memoir of John Keble, etc.
=Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.= 1772-1834. Poet and philosopher. Author of The Ancient Mariner, Christabel, Kubla Khan, etc., in verse; Lect. on Shakespeare, Table-Talk, The Friend, Biographia Literaria, etc., in prose. A man of great genius, who accomplished little commensurate with it. His best, however, is unsurpa.s.sable. _See 9 vol. edition, N.
Y., 1853-4._ _See Gilman's Life of_; _Personal Recollections of Joseph Cottle_.
=Coleridge, Sara.= 1803-1852. Dau. to S. T. C. and wife to H. N. C.
Editor of her father's works, and author of the exquisite romance Phantasmion. A writer of much critical ability. _See Memoir of._ _Pub.
Har. 1873._
=Collier, Jeremy.= 1650-1726. Theologian. His famous pamphlet against the immorality of the stage greatly helped to purify Eng. literature.
=Collier, John Payne.= 1789-1883. Shakespearean scholar. Best known in connection with the famous Collier MSS. of Notes and Emendations to the text of Shakespeare. _See Atlantic Monthly, Oct., 1859, and Sept., 1861._ _Pub. Scr._
=Collins, Mortimer.= 1827-1876. Novelist. Author Sweet Anne Page, Marquis and Merchant, etc. _Pub. Apl. Har._
=Collins, Wm.= 1720-1756. Poet. Famous for his musical odes, as The Pa.s.sions, Evening, and the poem How Sleep the Brave. C. occupies a high place among minor poets. _See Johnson's Lives of the Poets._
=Collins, Wm. Wilkie.= 182 Novelist. Excels all other novelists in the construction of plots. The Woman in White is his most famous story. _Pub. Har._
=Colman, George.= 1733-1794. Dramatist. Composed nearly 30 comedies, of which The Jealous Wife is one of the best.
=Colman, George.= The Younger. 1762-1836. Dramatist. Son to preceding.
A writer of spirited comedies, such as The Heir-at-Law, Poor Gentleman, John Bull, The Iron Chest, etc.
=Combe [koom], Andrew.= 1797-1847. Scotch physiological writer. _Pub.
Har._
=Combe, George.= 1788-1858. Scotch phrenologist. Bro. to A. C. Author Const.i.tution of Man, etc. _See H. Martineau's Biographical Sketches and Capen's Reminiscences of G. Combe._ _Pub. Har._
=Congreve [k[)o]ng'gr[=e]v], Wm.= 1670-1729. Dramatist. Author of the tragedy of The Mourning Bride, and of The Double Dealer, Old Bachelor, Love for Love, and other coa.r.s.e but brilliant comedies. _See edition by Leigh Hunt, London, 1849._
=Conybeare [k[)u]n'[)i]-b[)e]r], John.= 1692-1755. Theologian of note.
=Conybeare, John Josias.= 1779-1824. Grandson to J. C. Antiquary.
Author of Ill.u.s.trations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, a work of much value.
=Conybeare, Wm. Daniel.= 1787-1857. Geological writer of note.
=Conybeare, Wm. John.= ---- 1857. Theologian. Author with Dean Howson of The Life and Epistles of St. Paul. _Pub. Ran. Scr._
=Cook, Eliza.= 181 Poet. Author of The Old Arm Chair, etc. Style simple and tender.
=Coombe [koom], Wm.= 1741-1823. A voluminous satirical and humorous writer, best known by his poem Dr. Syntax. _Pub. Rou._