Empson
[emp-suh n]
- William,1906–84, English critic and poet.
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Examples from the Web for empson
Contemporary Examples
Things turn out be more ambiguous than they looked (which Empson would have appreciated).
Historical Examples
The exclusion of Empson and Dudley from the pardon was more popular than the pardon itself.
Henry VIII.A. F. Pollard
It is also one of the sources of Empson, which thus corresponds to Cousins or Cozens.
The Romance of NamesErnest Weekley
I saved my minerals, but Empson lost part of his botanical collection.
Lives of the EngineersSamuel Smiles
Empson tells me that Malthus is well pleased, which is a good sign.
Life and Letters of Lord MacaulayGeorge Otto Trevelyan
In that reign it married a relation of Empson's, did the great House of Vipont!
What Will He Do With It, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Empson
- Sir William. 1906–84, English poet and critic; author of Seven Types of Ambiguity (1930)
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