Ticknor

[ tik-ner, -nawr ]

noun

1. George, 1791–1871, U.S. literary historian and educator.

Example Sentences

She is the author of Growing Up in Moscow: Memories of a Soviet Girlhood (Ticknor Fields, 1989).

From The Daily Beast

Ticknor took place in an imaginary 19th century Boston, The Middle Stories took place in some imaginative realm.

From The Daily Beast

A work which will rank with those of Sismondi, Ticknor, and Taine.

From Project Gutenberg

Field himself is the authority for the statement that "Tom" Ticknor edited the book.

From Project Gutenberg

He gave aesthetic character to the house of Ticknor & Fields, but he was by no means a silent partner on the economic side.

From Project Gutenberg

I have a little Chinese book on Ticknor & Co.s stocks: if it appear you will receive it, and perhaps enjoy some pages.

From Project Gutenberg

Ticknor writes that if I should undertake a novelette, he is certain it would succeed.

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