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Housman

[ hous-muhn ]

noun

  1. A(lfred) E(dward), 1859–1936, English poet and classical scholar.


Housman

/ ˈhaʊsmən /

noun

  1. HousmanA(lfred) E(dward)18591936MEnglishWRITING: poetHISTORY: classical scholar A ( lfred ) E ( dward ). 1859–1936, English poet and classical scholar, author of A Shropshire Lad (1896) and Last Poems (1922)


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Housman said nothing about the summer, but Mrs Housman told me she was not going to Cornwall this year.

I again tried the butler and asked him whether Mrs Housman was coming back to-morrow morning.

Miss Housman said she had studied music for five years under the best musicians in the world at Leipzig.

She had at once offered to go to Oakley, but Mrs Housman said she would rather see no one at present.

He said he very seldom saw the Housmans now, but Housman had asked him to stay there on Sunday week.

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