Biography for Beginners

Biography for Beginners Being a Collection of Miscellaneous Examples for the Use of Upper Forms

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

The Art of BiographyIs different from Geography.Geography is about Maps,But Biography is about Chaps.

SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN

Sir Christopher WrenSaid, "I am going to dine with some men."If anybody calls"Say I am designing St. Paul's."

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

The people of Spain think CervantesEqual to half-a-dozen Dantes:An opinion resented most bitterlyBy the people of Italy.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Mr Bernard ShawWas just setting out for the war,When he heard it was a dangerous tradeAnd demonstrably underpaid.

SIR HUMPHREY DAVY

Sir Humphrey DavyAbominated gravy.He lived in the odiumOf having discovered Sodium.

J. S. MILL

John Stuart Mill,By a mighty effort of will,Overcame his natural bonhomieAnd wrote "Principles of Political Economy."

FRANÇOIS LISZT

The Abbé LisztHit the piano with his fist.That was the wayHe used to play.

LORD CLIVE

What I like about CliveIs that he is no longer alive.There is a great deal to be saidFor being dead.

KING EDWARD THE CONFESSOR

Edward the ConfessorSlept under the dresser.When that began to pall,He slept in the hall.

THE REV. JOHN CLIFFORD M.A., LL.B., D.D

Dr CliffordAnd I have differed.He disapproves of gin:I disapprove of sin.

MESSRS CHAPMAN & HALL

Chapman & HallSwore not at all.Mr Chapman's yea was yea,And Mr Hall's nay was nay.

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