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One of the best known dedications in literature appears in a book that was first printed in 1609: "To the only begetter of these insuing sonnets, Mr W. H., all happiness and that eternity promised by our ever-living poet wisheth the well-wishing adventurer in setting forth." Who was the author of the poems? |
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About 1790, a girl of fifteen wrote a spoof of the fashionable type of sentimental novel, but it was not published till 1922. The dedication reads: "To Madame la Comtesse de Feuillide this novel is inscribed by her obliged humble servant, the Author." Who was this author? |
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"To George Washington, President of the United States of America: Sir, I present you a small treatise in defence of those principles of freedom which your exemplary virtue hath so eminently contributed to establish." Which book was dedicated in this way during Washington's first term as President? |
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"Bob Southey! You're a poet - Poet Laureate,
And representative of all the race.
Although 'tis true that you turned out a Tory at
Last, yours has lately been a common case."
Which poet begins the versified dedication of one of his best known poems in this way?
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A poem published in 1898 is dedicated "In memoriam C. T. W., sometime Trooper of the Royal Horse Guards, obiit H. M. Prison, Reading, Berkshire, July 7, 1896." Who was the author? |
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A work of fiction set in a school and published in 1899 is dedicated "To Cormell Price, Headmaster, United Services College, Westward Ho!, Bideford, Devon, 1874 - 1894." What is the book? |
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Who, in 1936, dedicated a murder mystery "to my many archaeological friends in Iraq and Syria"? |
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"They say my verse is sad: no wonder;
Its narrow measure spans
Tears of eternity and sorrow -
Not mine, but man's.
This is for all ill-treated fellows
Unborn and unbegot,
For them to read when they're in trouble
And I am not."
The collection of poems with this dedication appeared in 1936, just after the author's death.
Who was the author?
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"This book is dedicated to all those who, working, playing, loving, living and dying at their Level of Incompetence, provided the data for the founding and development of the salutary science of Hierarchiology." Which book, published in 1969, carries this dedication? |
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"The Searching Spirit," an autobiography published in 1978, is dedicated "to Oma and Elsa." Who was the author? |
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