Gosse

[ gaws, gos ]

/ gɔs, gɒs /

noun

Sir Edmund William,1849–1928, English poet, biographer, and critic.

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Examples from the Web for gosse

It was verse of this kind which, as Mr. Gosse observes, justified the introduction of the heroic couplet in all its strictness.
English Verse|Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
Can Mr. Gosse possibly be ignorant that the poem is divided into books, each book containing twelve Cantos?
Ephemera Critica|John Churton Collins
Followed Mr. Gosse's track to see if there was any water about his depot Number 12, but we either missed it or had not reached it.
Explorations in Australia|John Forrest
Many thanks for your better news—and especially for the good news that Gosse is coming to Paris.
The Letters of Henry James (volume I)|Henry James

His second expedition took place about the same time as that undertaken by Gosse.
The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work|Ernest Favenc

British Dictionary definitions for gosse

Gosse

/ (ɡɒs) /

noun

Sir Edmund William. 1849–1928, English critic and poet, noted particularly for his autobiographical work Father and Son (1907)

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