Blackmore

[blak-mawr, -mohr]

noun

Richard Dodd·ridge [dod-rij] /ˈdɒd rɪdʒ/, 1825–1900, English novelist.

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Historical Examples of blackmore

That, Harte hints, is the achievement of scribblers like Blackmore (p. 12).
An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad
Walter Harte
At that table Blackmore would have had the precedence of Gray.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Isaac D'Israeli
The reader sees that these two worthies can be none other than Arbuthnot and Blackmore.
A Book about Doctors
John Cordy Jeaffreson
The bard of Twickenham had of course a few ill words for Blackmore.
A Book about Doctors
John Cordy Jeaffreson
The tree has received literary honour in Blackmore's Christowell.
Dartmoor
Arthur L. Salmon

British Dictionary definitions for blackmore

Blackmore

noun

R (ichard) D (oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)

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