Macpherson : James (1736-96) Scottish poet, who contributed to Gaelic studies.
... journeys to Woolwich etc., and further to do my best to see that his conduct to the Commissioners is regular and becoming. I am Yours faithfully Jas. S. Cotton. Sir A.G. Macpherson K.C.I. E. IX King'sCollege, Cambridge, 20 Nov. 1892 Dear Sir, I am very sorry to hear what you tell me about Ghose, that he has been rejected in his final... to the Secretary of State to give him another chance for passing his Riding Examination and Mr James Sutherland Cotton, to whom Mr Ghose refers, has written the annexed letter to Sir Arthur Macpherson. Poverty apparently has been a great misfortune to Mr Ghose. Unless the C. S. Commissioners certificate Mr Ghose as qualified for the I. C. S. the Secretary of State cannot appoint him to the... Examination — No. 19 in the Second Periodical and No. 37 in the Final last August." VIII and IX Letter dated 19 November 1892 (From Mr. James S. Cotton to Sir Arthur Macpherson. Secretary, Judicial and Public Dept. India Office.) Letter dated 20 November 1892 (From Mr. G. W. Prothero to Mr. J. S. Cotton; sent by Cotton to the C. S ...
... simple and penurious in the extreme, is against this. ... I can fully believe that his inability to keep his appointment at Woolwich was due to the want of cash." ¹ In a letter to Sir Arthur Macpherson, James S. Cotton writes: "It happens that I have known Mr A. A. Ghose and his two brothers for the past five years, and that I have been a witness of the pitiable straits to which they have all... expressly written to influence the I. C. S. Commissioners, they yet throw sufficient light on the embarrassing ¹. Prothero to Cotton. 20 November 1892. India Office Library, London. ². Cotton to Macpherson. 19 November 1892. India Office Library, London. Page 12 economic pressure under which the three brothers lived for almost eight years; When Aurobindo, Manmohan and Benoybhushan ...
... had previously shown similar want of punctuality and disregard for the requirements of the examiner. "His excuse (such as it is) is that want of money prevented 1. To Sir Arthur G. Macpherson, Secretary, Judicial and Public Dept., India Office. Page 223 him from taking the needful lessons in riding, and that, at the last, anxiety and moral cowardice made him lose his head ...
... only notable ones. (4) The school of country life and the simpler feelings, consisting of Cowper and Crabbe.(5) The school of romantic poets & restorers of mediaevalism, consisting of Chatterton, Macpherson and Percy. (6) The Scotch lyric poets of whom Ferguson and Burns are the head. (7) William Blake standing by himself as a romantic, mystical& lyric poet. Besides these there are two writers who cannot ...
... effects on the value of his poetry. 4) Discuss the conflicting estimates of Chatterton's poetry. 5) What is the Ossian controversy? What stage has the controversy reached at present? 6) Macpherson's work is often condemned as empty and turgid declamation. How far is this view justified? 7) State the author & nature of the following works: Ella, an Interlude; Bristow Tragedy. 8) Who were ...
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