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Sackville

[ sak-vil ]

noun

  1. Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1536–1608, English statesman and poet.


Sackville

/ ˈsækvɪl /

noun

  1. SackvilleThomas, 1st Earl of Dorset15361608MEnglishWRITING: poetTHEATRE: dramatistPOLITICS: statesman Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset. 1536–1608, English poet, dramatist, and statesman. He collaborated with Thomas Norton on the early blank-verse tragedy Gorboduc (1561)


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The extract began with his first wife, Lady Idina Sackville, a cousin of the writer Vita Sackville-West.

General Sackville-West came, and we had some peaceful sittings.

At this time, he occupied an elegantly furnished house in Sackville-street.

Paul Montague at this time lived in comfortable lodgings in Sackville Street, and ostensibly the world was going well with him.

A curious crest coronet will be found with the Sackville crest.

The breadth of this long Boulevard may be about that of Sackville Street.

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