Shairp

[ shairp, shahrp ]

noun

1. John Campbell Principal Shairp, 1819–85, English critic, poet, and educator.

Example Sentences

Mrs. Shairp, the housekeeper, with whom he was a favourite, uttered a startled exclamation at his appearance.

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With the first two her words were sacred, but Mrs. Shairp, though kindly enough, was not so trustworthy.

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I think Shairp in his "Essays," gives a good critique as far as it goes on the philosophical and religious manner of our day.

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If our throats are to be cut, let it be with a shairp knife, and not with a blunt hedge shears.'

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Professor Shairp says that now and then he used to go to hear him lecture. '

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