FAMOUS TOMS.
Mr Clement Shorter ln "The Sphere" calls attention to an article In the •Chicago Dial" on famous Thomases. The following list Is suggestive:--Thomas Occlere— Regtment of rrtnees." Sir Thomas Maloy—"Morte d'Artbur." Tbomas Alore—"l'topla." Thomas "Mash —"Plays." Thomas Csraplnn Songs Sir Thomas Browne— -'llellEln Medici." Thomas Hobbes—"l-evlatban " Thomaa Parneil— "Contentmenl " Tbomas Perry—"Rellqoes." Thomas Gray-'Elegj." Thomas <"hatterton -rtowley Ballads.' and a fleeting glimpse of the moat atari ling genius ever known. Tom lloore—Songs. Tom Hood—Poems, and courage. Tbomas de Qnlncey—"Susplrla de Profundi." Thomas Bablngton Maeaulay—Kssays. and that cursed boon, the balanced sentence. Thomas Carlyle—"Sartor Bnsartus." the greatest spiritual dynamic of Ms century. Thomaa Henry noxley—iEsasys. nnd honesty. Thomaa Arnold—Rugby. Thomas Hardy—The finest novels In English. Thers Is no doubt but that th« Apostle Thomas should be Included, also St. Thomas a Becaset (after whom SL Thomas' Hospital was named). Thomas Aquinas. Thomas a Kcmpls. Why not Thomas ■Sayers, the boxer?
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 229, 25 September 1915, Page 21
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