Shairp
[shairp, shahrp]
- John CampbellPrincipal Shairp, 1819–85, English critic, poet, and educator.
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Professor Shairp says that now and then he used to go to hear him lecture. '
James Frederick FerrierElizabeth Sanderson Haldane
He wanted Mrs. Shairp out of the house for a week or ten days.
Under False PretencesAdeline Sergeant
"You're a little hard on me, Mrs. Shairp," he said, in dulcet tones.
Under False PretencesAdeline Sergeant
"By mistake, Mrs. Shairp, by mistake," murmured William Whale.
Under False PretencesAdeline Sergeant
This seems ungracious, but Mr. Shairp has himself to blame; so good a Wordsworthian was out of character upon that stage.
Familiar Studies of Men and BooksRobert Louis Stevenson