Symonds
[sim-uh ndz]
- John Add·ing·ton [ad-ing-tuh n] /ˈæd ɪŋ tən/, 1840–93, English poet, essayist, and critic.
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Contemporary Examples
The “cultural collision of Brits and Yanks threatened but never quite broke the partnership,” writes Symonds.
Symonds denies, however, that Ford modeled Jack Ryan on him.
Author of numerous books of American naval history, Symonds spent almost 30 years as a professor of history at the Naval Academy.
Historical Examples
He has not had much leisure for Ruskin and Symonds and Ferrero.
The American MindBliss Perry
He may have been a Philistine, as Mr. Symonds calls him, but he was surely a Philistine of genius.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1William Painter
"In my opinion, he could easily have been overheard," declared Symonds positively.
The Lost DespatchNatalie Sumner Lincoln
Goddard turned and beckoned to Symonds, who had stopped some yards in the rear.
The Lost DespatchNatalie Sumner Lincoln
"Captain Lloyd's orders, sir," and Symonds saluted respectfully.
The Lost DespatchNatalie Sumner Lincoln
Symonds
- John Addington (ˈædɪŋtən). 1840–93, English writer, noted for his Renaissance in Italy (1875–86) and for studies of homosexuality
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