| 单词 | Strachey |
| 例句 | His athletic grace, social charm, and striking physical beauty had made him a favorite of Lytton Strachey and the Bloomsbury crowd. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Another was Oliver Strachey, a British cryptologist who ran a code-breaking unit in Canada that tracked spies, just as Elizebeth’s team did. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Burgoyne’s and Strachey’s letters, among those Sotheby’s plans to auction, are from the Copley Library’s trove of historic letters, manuscripts, books and maps. Revolutionary War Letters at Sotheby?s Show Gloom 2010-03-22T22:42:00Z "I believe I should attempt to come between them," replies Strachey, archly. Carrington: what a carry-on 2010-09-02T08:00:00Z Strachey saw Britain after the death of the prince consort as being stuck for 40 years in a routine of materialism at home and imperialism abroad. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z Freud's concept of "das Es," "the It" — borrowed from Georg Groddeck and improperly translated as "the Id" by James Strachey — refers to the "unknown and uncontrollable forces" that govern our psychic lives. Reading Stephen King's 'It': Still unsettling, all these years later 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Sex Pillow talk … it's all play and no work for Carrington and Partridge Strachey and Carrington move to the country together. Carrington: what a carry-on 2010-09-02T08:00:00Z Whereas Strachey despised the commercial and political might the industrial revolution made possible, current observers look at our own sclerotic polity and contrast it with the Victorians' towering ambitions. Were the Victorians cleverer than us? It depends which way you look at it 2013-05-14T17:30:01Z Strachey didn’t worship Florence Nightingale as the saintly “Lady With the Lamp,” as she was once commonly nicknamed, but instead viewed her as a force of nature. Review | The biography that changed biography forever 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z “Killing seems to me a very unnatural trade, but these people are beyond nature as well as reason,” Strachey wrote to his wife after the British won the Battle of Long Island in August 1776. Revolutionary War Letters at Sotheby?s Show Gloom 2010-03-22T22:42:00Z Being an agnostic aesthete and a leading member of the Bloomsbury circle, Strachey couldn’t resist poking fun at piety and earnestness, seeing in them the outward form of religious mania and personal ambition. Review | The biography that changed biography forever 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Strachey is soon bedridden with undiagnosed stomach cancer. Carrington: what a carry-on 2010-09-02T08:00:00Z This barbed comic satire, adapted from a novel by Julia Strachey, is more downscale than its forerunner. Movie Review: ‘Cheerful Weather for the Wedding,’ With Elizabeth McGovern 2012-12-06T21:22:23Z When they write about the Victorians, what Strachey and the present-day panegyrists are really writing about is their own society. Were the Victorians cleverer than us? It depends which way you look at it 2013-05-14T17:30:01Z Meanwhile, Strachey attempts to get out of serving in World War I by becoming a conscientious objector. Carrington: what a carry-on 2010-09-02T08:00:00Z Besides forging sentences like hammer blows, Strachey could also orchestrate longer, bravura passages, such as this one from the opening pages of “Cardinal Manning” Review | The biography that changed biography forever 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Strachey was eventually disqualified from service on medical grounds. Carrington: what a carry-on 2010-09-02T08:00:00Z Strachey’s sole novel, published under a pseudonym in 1949, tells the autobiographical story of an adolescent girl’s obsession with her female teacher. New & Noteworthy, From Dorothy Strachey to Musical Gender Bending 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z In a 1973 essay in The New York Review of Books, Elizabeth Hardwick lamented the overexposure of its most prominent members — the “exhaustion” of Virginia Woolf and “the draining” of the writer Lytton Strachey. Life Lessons From the Bloomsbury Group’s Wardrobe 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Strachey’s exceptionally exciting, even cinematic account of this event rivals “Lawrence of Arabia” in its depiction of the spiritually tormented Gordon of the Sudan. Review | The biography that changed biography forever 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Strachey delivers an eyewitness account of the Battle of Long Island and his view from the British flagship off New York. Revolutionary War Letters at Sotheby?s Show Gloom 2010-03-22T22:42:00Z Her positive portrayal of Victorian England contradicted that of Lytton Strachey’s grim one in “Eminent Victorians,” published in 1918. Gertrude Himmelfarb, Conservative Historian of Ideas, Dies at 97 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z The British biographer Michael Holroyd’s life of Lytton Strachey, for instance, is a major work about a minor Bloomsbury figure that is fascinating to read because Holroyd recognizes, without admonishing, Strachey’s spectacular selfishness. The Man Who Queered Broadway 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z In a letter to Strachey from Philadelphia, a British captain writes, “I am sure you will pity us here, insulted and ridiculed by the Americans, disgusted and unhappy amongst ourselves.” Revolutionary War Letters at Sotheby?s Show Gloom 2010-03-22T22:42:00Z I began to think about writing biography, years before I actually did, when I read Michael Holroyd's Lytton Strachey as an undergraduate. Paperback Q&A: Stella Tillyard on Tides of War 2012-06-19T10:00:01Z Note the presumption that Strachey slyly assigns to the schoolmaster. Review | The biography that changed biography forever 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The occasional references to Fitbits or Tinder are jolting reminders that this author is more in conversation with Rachel Cusk than with Lytton Strachey. A Sudden Death Shakes Loose Four Intertwined Lives 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z For at least some of this, we can thank the iconoclastic Lytton Strachey. Review | The biography that changed biography forever 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z No wonder that the master of that subgenre, Max Beerbohm, esteemed Strachey so highly and spoke almost gushingly about the beauty of his prose. Review | The biography that changed biography forever 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z In the end, writing to British ministers from the treaty negotiations in Paris, Strachey defends himself against the conduct of the war and of its conclusion. Revolutionary War Letters at Sotheby?s Show Gloom 2010-03-22T22:42:00Z In its style, this “true history” — a phrase that usually denotes an unbelievable fiction — is as partisan and pervasively ironic as Lytton Strachey’s iconoclastic “Eminent Victorians,” and just as beguiling as A.J.A. Review | ‘The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith’ toppled the standardized Great Man tradition of biography 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Not that Strachey exempts the West of its own fanaticism. Review | The biography that changed biography forever 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Despite powerful performances by Pryce and Thompson, though, the film's blinkered obsession with the sexual neuroses of Strachey and Carrington soon becomes tiresome. Carrington: what a carry-on 2010-09-02T08:00:00Z The models he used were his friends, the Bloomsbury lot, so you can spot the likes of Virginia Woolf correctand Lytton Strachey. William Nicholson's cultural highlights 2013-03-09T15:00:01Z Strachey saw Queen Victoria in her mourning clothes as heralding the explosion of the first world war. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z Strachey himself was later secretary to the commission that negotiated the peace treaty with the United States signed in Paris in 1783. Revolutionary War Letters at Sotheby?s Show Gloom 2010-03-22T22:42:00Z I recommend them to read Lytton Strachey's radical biography Eminent Victorians , which advocated change and warned readers against safety and repetition. Advice for a new government 2010-05-07T23:07:00Z “Eminent Victorians,” published in 1918, was Strachey’s second book, preceded by the spirited and still useful “Landmarks in French Literature” and by dozens of essays and reviews. Review | The biography that changed biography forever 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z His inspirations include the British biographer Lytton Strachey, whom Bailey said regarded humanity as “ridiculous, but also touching.” ‘Philip Roth’: Blake Bailey’s story behind the story arrives 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Once or twice, Strachey refers offhandedly to his most famous work, Eminent Victorians. Carrington: what a carry-on 2010-09-02T08:00:00Z Still, Strachey’s depiction of the Middle East as a bloody crossroads where religious fervor, nationalism, inept colonialism and rank ambition come together seems all too familiar. Review | The biography that changed biography forever 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Strachey’s argument in “Eminent Victorians” — that biographies should shape their material rather than simply ladle it out in gobs — is now orthodoxy. Review | The biography that changed biography forever 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z She was connected to the Bloomsbury Set through her relationship with the writer Lytton Strachey. Carrington: what a carry-on 2010-09-02T08:00:00Z Lytton Strachey's younger brother, James, helped to translate him and oversaw the standard edition. Which writer taught me most about love? 2012-02-10T22:55:10Z He gives a lecture in Italy about Lytton Strachey and, for the hell of it, decides to read all of Strachey’s words in falsetto. Books of The Times: In the Fast Company of Women on the Edge 2011-08-04T22:16:36Z Strachey’s despair sharply contradicts the palmy official reports he and other officials were sending to London about British military superiority. Revolutionary War Letters at Sotheby?s Show Gloom 2010-03-22T22:42:00Z General Howe, Strachey writes, “must make a few more efforts in his way, to bring them to reason, and it is impossible to say that the ensuing campaign will effect that purpose.” Revolutionary War Letters at Sotheby?s Show Gloom 2010-03-22T22:42:00Z Keynes, born in 1883, came of age amid the bohemian experimentation of the Bloomsbury Group, exchanging lovers and gossip with a set that included Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey. John Maynard Keynes Died in 1946. An Outstanding New Biography Shows Him Relevant Still. 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z For the older members of the Bloomsbury circle, Nino Strachey credibly contends, interacting with even more radical young people affirmed the progressive social and aesthetic transformation the elders had begun. Review | Visiting a place and time when queer life and love blossomed 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Strachey, a onetime police detective, was left to sort out the villains from the victims and restore a semblance of order to the lives of his clients. Richard Lipez, novelist who featured a gay private eye, dies at 83 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The auction house believes Brooke’s letter is previously unpublished, although one reference to it is made in Friends and Apostles: The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke and James Strachey. Unseen Rupert Brooke letter to 'lovelorn' admirer to be sold 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Strachey presented Arnold as an “earnest enthusiast” who, in his efforts to make his pupils Christian gentlemen, merely insured that the English schoolboy with no interest in soccer became “a contradiction in terms.” How We Watch Soccer Now 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Her sister married into the Stephens family—the Virginia Woolf family—while Ray married into the Strachey family. How World War I Gave Women Scientists a Chance to Shine 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z Nino Strachey, a curator and cultural historian, is descended from an illustrious family of intellectuals, civil servants and politicians who trace roots back to the 1600s. Review | Visiting a place and time when queer life and love blossomed 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Before his death, Mr. Lipez had completed two new novels, one featuring a gay detective in 1940s Philadelphia and another that will be the 17th installment in the Strachey series. Richard Lipez, novelist who featured a gay private eye, dies at 83 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z His father was an art collector, and his mother was a cousin of biographer Lytton Strachey. Jeremy Hutchinson, lawyer in Britain’s ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ case, dies at 102 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z When it became public that Queen Victoria was dying, at the age of 82, a widower for half her life, “astonished grief … swept the country”, wrote her biographer, Lytton Strachey. Operation London Bridge: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z For Strachey, though, the interesting thing was how a simple setup, using only about seventy base words, could produce a combinatorial explosion of results—on the order of three hundred billion different letters. Christopher Strachey’s Nineteen-Fifties Love Machine 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z In addition to the biographer and critic Lytton Strachey, the family includes another Old Bloomsbury stalwart, his brother James Strachey, who was a famed psychoanalyst. Review | Visiting a place and time when queer life and love blossomed 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Strachey first appeared in the 1981 novel “Death Trick,” which explored dark strains in gay culture and brought a new sensibility to hard-boiled crime fiction. Richard Lipez, novelist who featured a gay private eye, dies at 83 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z "I sat in front of this enormous machine," Strachey later recalled, "with four or five rows of 20 switches and things, in a room that felt like the control room of a battleship." Listening to the music of Turing's computer - BBC News 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Women often take over from the men who occupy the title page as Carrington took over the last half of my Life of Lytton Strachey. ‘Big books by blokes about battles’: Why is history still written mainly by men? 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z The version of Strachey’s love-letter generator that appears in this article is based on the emulator developed by David Link. Christopher Strachey’s Nineteen-Fifties Love Machine 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Their niece Julia Strachey — a novelist, model and photographer whom the author describes with particular empathy and subtlety — was among the Young Bloomsbury talents. Review | Visiting a place and time when queer life and love blossomed 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z When he began to write the Strachey novels under the pen name of Richard Stevenson, Mr. Lipez had a wife and school-age children and was wrestling with his identity. Richard Lipez, novelist who featured a gay private eye, dies at 83 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z He intended that this would be used to issue alerts when a job was finished and so on, but Strachey saw the potential to perform proper melodies. Listening to the music of Turing's computer - BBC News 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z He took up the cause and the case of Lytton Strachey early and passionately; “Eminent Victorians” was a book that Max could have written, and that shows his hidden-dagger hand in every sentence. The Diminutive Genius of Max Beerbohm 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z He was a branch off the Bloomsbury tree, nephew of Lytton Strachey, one of the group’s founding members. Christopher Strachey’s Nineteen-Fifties Love Machine 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Consider Ham Spray, a farmhouse where Lytton Strachey made his home with Carrington and her eventual husband Ralph Partridge, an ex-army officer who worked for Virginia and Leonard Woolf’s Hogarth Press. Review | Visiting a place and time when queer life and love blossomed 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The 34 letters, revealed for the first time from among Lytton Strachey’s archive, will be auctioned at Bonhams in June, valued at up to £60,000. Camp correspondence: letters reveal George Mallory’s flirtatious side 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Turing trusted Strachey enough to leave him alone with the computer for a night. Listening to the music of Turing's computer - BBC News 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Most of Virginia’s Bloomsbury social set were vehemently anti-war, including Maynard Keynes, Lytton Strachey – and Leonard who thought the war was “senseless and useless”. The Joyful, Gossipy and Absurd Private Life of Virginia Woolf 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z In choosing to write a program that expressed adoration rather than humor or literary talent, Strachey was perhaps playing the cynic, exposing the mechanical nature of romance. Christopher Strachey’s Nineteen-Fifties Love Machine 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Partridge primarily loved Carrington who loved Strachey who loved Partridge who also came to love the bookseller and diarist Frances Marshall. Review | Visiting a place and time when queer life and love blossomed 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Photograph: Handout However, Matthew Haley, head of books and manuscripts at Bonhams, thinks Mallory is sometimes just being whimsical to amuse Strachey. Camp correspondence: letters reveal George Mallory’s flirtatious side 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z The writer Virginia Woolf, her husband Leonard, her sister Vanessa Bell and their friends Lytton Strachey, Roger Fry and others, formed an intellectual powerhouse in early 20th century England. Buried Bloomsbury Bounty There was also Lytton Strachey on Eminent Victorians, and Virginia Woolf on Roger Fry – but Mills, while conscientious and clear, is no Strachey or Hamilton or Woolf. Harper Lee: should Marja Mills' memoir have been published? 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Strachey’s literary inclinations were at least partly inherited, as Campbell-Kelly once noted in Annals of the History of Computing. Christopher Strachey’s Nineteen-Fifties Love Machine 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Visiting Ham Spray, Julia Strachey would find her father, Oliver, entertaining a mistress and hear her uncle Lytton’s assorted lovers discuss details of their encounters with him. Review | Visiting a place and time when queer life and love blossomed 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z In 1914, he wrote to Strachey of his impending marriage to Ruth Turner, a happy union which would produce two daughters and a son. Camp correspondence: letters reveal George Mallory’s flirtatious side 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z As Dora Carrington cried to her dead husband Lytton Strachey in her diary, “Every day for the rest of my life you will be away.” Quitting the Cancer 'Battle' 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z First of all, Keynes’s sexual orientation has been known for some time, at least since publication of Michael Holroyd’s biography of Lytton Strachey in 1968. Today's Economist: Bruce Bartlett: Keynes’s Biggest Mistake 2013-05-07T04:01:24Z Strachey was something of an outlier, according to Martin Campbell-Kelly, a historian of computing at the University of Warwick. Christopher Strachey’s Nineteen-Fifties Love Machine 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z One Strachey scion played cricket for Magdalen College “wearing a large French peasant’s hat adorned with trailing pink ribbons.” Review | Visiting a place and time when queer life and love blossomed 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Photograph: Corbis Michael Holroyd, biographer of George Bernard Shaw and Lytton Strachey, sees cars as much more than a mode of transport. On Wheels by Michael Holroyd – review 2012-11-25T00:04:01Z Mr Strachey, along with Alan Turing, was one of the first to write software for the Manchester Mark I - one of the first stored-program computers. Love letter recreator wins award 2012-10-12T11:43:21Z Strachey was a noted biographer, an active member of the literary Bloomsbury Group and one of Keynes’s lovers. Today's Economist: Bruce Bartlett: Keynes’s Biggest Mistake 2013-05-07T04:01:24Z In 1951, Strachey asked his fellow King’s alumnus Alan Turing, then assistant director of the Manchester computer lab, for a copy of his recently compiled Mark 1 handbook. Christopher Strachey’s Nineteen-Fifties Love Machine 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z He says, Mr. Strachey, who sat out the 5th, did not reach London until the 10th. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z The idea, originated by Mr St Loe Strachey, was to encourage the art of designing and building cheap but good and convenient cottages, especially for the country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The original LoveLetters program was written by pioneering software engineer Christopher Strachey in the early 1950s. Love letter recreator wins award 2012-10-12T11:43:21Z Fortunately, after many puzzling and unsatisfactory conjectures, the account of William Strachey makes all clear, so far as Pemaquid is in question. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Strachey proceeded to write the longest program the computer had ever run—twenty pages, with about a thousand instructions written by hand. Christopher Strachey’s Nineteen-Fifties Love Machine 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Strachey seemed loath to answer, but at last said, no. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z One of the early settlers at Jamestown was a fellow called William Strachey. New problems found in 4th-grade Virginia history textbook 2012-01-19T09:00:00Z As there was no trace of this in the original records Mr Strachey kept of his work, Dr Link wrote a new chunk of code to print the letters and get the program running. Love letter recreator wins award 2012-10-12T11:43:21Z Strachey speaks of "the isles and rivers, together with that little one of Pemaquid." Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Oliver Strachey, his bookish, puzzle-loving father, trained as a pianist and became a cryptographer. Christopher Strachey’s Nineteen-Fifties Love Machine 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Mr Strachey had left out the limitation of time, the twelve months, that the refugees were allowed to reside in America, in order to recover their estates, if they could. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z And no, I don’t think that the author of Our Virginia should have included Strachey’s graphic description of Piankatank warriors being scalped. New problems found in 4th-grade Virginia history textbook 2012-01-19T09:00:00Z General Strachey said that unless it received more favour than was indicated by the report, he would be unable to support it. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z First, separation of concerns: I’ve abstracted out the idea of finding a maximum from the specifics of findings the legal position with the maximum value, while Strachey conflates the two ideas. Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis 2011-08-23T16:15:12.987Z For Link, the allure of Strachey’s work is more historical than romantic. Christopher Strachey’s Nineteen-Fifties Love Machine 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Mr Strachey has gone to London with the whole, and we are waiting his return, or the arrival of some other, with further instructions. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Strachey himself, though, was less interested in grieving than in figuring out what had gone so terribly wrong. New problems found in 4th-grade Virginia history textbook 2012-01-19T09:00:00Z Some of Mr. Strachey's incidental portraits are of astonishing brilliancy—notably that of Mr. Gladstone, and the book is sure of long life. Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z Now let’s shift gears a bit and consider, from a modern viewpoint, what Strachey left out that would be covered in a discussion of systems analysis today. Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis 2011-08-23T16:15:12.987Z Minutes of this interesting conference were jotted down by Henry Strachey, Lord Howe's Secretary, and he has recorded two highly characteristic utterances of Franklin on the occasion. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Upon the return of the other gentlemen, Mr Strachey proposed to leave out the word right of fishing, and make it liberty. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z It is true that in some accounts, as in Strachey's, "his bright home is in the rising sun". Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Mr. Strachey's method of presenting his characters is both masterly and subtle. Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z If only Strachey the analyst and Strachey the programmer had iterated a few times, the article would have been even more of a work of beauty! Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis 2011-08-23T16:15:12.987Z Franklin's answer to this generous outburst is thus recorded by Strachey. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Mr Strachey told us, he had been to London, and waited personally on every one of the King's cabinet council, and had communicated the last propositions to them. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z He accordingly sent Henry Strachey, an under official, to assist Oswald in making other arrangements. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Mr. Lytton Strachey's book has attained a celebrity quite remarkable for literary work produced in times of war. Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z In this essay I’ll concentrate on one article from the issue: Christopher Strachey‘s contribution on “System Analysis and Programming.” Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis 2011-08-23T16:15:12.987Z Lord Mayo, assisted by General Strachey, resolved to supplement the expensive system of guaranteed lines by a network of State railways. The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India 2011-04-11T02:00:13.067Z Strachey is as artful and insinuating a man as they could send; he pushes and presses every point as far as it can possibly go; he has a most eager, earnest, pointed spirit. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Hovering behind Eminent Victorians we see agonized official biography, with its finger on its lips, and the contrast is perhaps the chief delight that Mr. Strachey affords. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Writer Lytton Strachey thought he was like a dove and then changed his mind: perhaps more like a hawk. 'Reluctant saint' 2010-06-04T14:48:00Z Let’s look at what Strachey did surprisingly well, what he got wrong, and what he didn’t include at all. Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis 2011-08-23T16:15:12.987Z Strachey, who appears to have been a scholar, published an interesting account of the colony at this period. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia I had made the same observation that forenoon to Mr Oswald and Mr Strachey, in 466 company with Mr Jay, at his house. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z To find them established for Mr. Strachey’s “eminent” Victorians is to enjoy a constant dry humor, since the invisible censor, the apostle of that expediency known as edification, stood at the very heart of Victorianism. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Most of the new data have come through the building of Mr. Strachey’s demonstration house, an account of which is included in the present volume. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) The Good, The Bad and the Missing Although Strachey wrote his article more than 40 years ago, it was surprisingly prescient and forward-thinking in many ways. Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis 2011-08-23T16:15:12.987Z According to Strachey, the bay was discovered in 1610, by Captain Argall, and he named Cape Delaware, "where he caught halibut, cod, and ling fish, and brought some of them to Jamestown." History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia I saw it struck Mr Strachey with peculiar pleasure; I saw it instantly smiling in every line of his face. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Not long ago I met a writer who happened to apply the word “cheap” to Mr. Strachey’s Eminent Victorians. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z His, I repeat, is the anguish––my journalist, eulogist critic, Strachey, the generous judge, Saintly unlimited Loe! The Battle of the Bays How much better would the world be today if everyone had adopted Strachey’s approach 45 years ago? Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis 2011-08-23T16:15:12.987Z Hominy, according to Strachey, is an Indian word; Lord Bacon calls it "the cream of maize," and commends it as a nutritious diet. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia The Stracheys left it not long after, and we went there for the first time in 1875. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice This to my critic was a proof that Mr. Strachey was imperceptive and vulgar—“common” the ugly word is. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Somers rode aboard the Sea Adventure, whose master was Newport and whose passengers included Sir Thomas Gates and William Strachey, the newly appointed secretary of the colony. The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624 The Checkers Program Here is the code as presented by Strachey on page 117. Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis 2011-08-23T16:15:12.987Z Strachey's Life of Queen Victoria sketches an interesting case of subordination and superordination in which the queen is the subordinate, and her adroit but cynical minister, Disraeli, is the master. Introduction to the Science of Sociology "Yes, by Jove! it is good enough—just 'The Citizens,'" said Sir Morell Strachey. The Message The impeccable craft of Mr. Strachey was shown in his evaluation, not his acceptance, of decorum. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z First came the news in the fall of 1609 that the Sea Adventure, with Somers, Gates, Newport, and Strachey, had been lost. The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624 So either Strachey made a mistake in the checkers program or he was working with a different version of CPL then. Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis 2011-08-23T16:15:12.987Z It is incredible that Strachey's Life of Queen Victoria could have been written forty years ago. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Short handbooks on great subjects are among the most difficult tasks that a man of letters can undertake, and Mr Strachey is to be congratulated on his courage and success. William Shakespeare But the horrible fact is, Mr. Strachey is one in a million. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z We live in the England 266 of Lytton Strachey’s Queen Victoria—the England of 1880 to the close of the Boer War—as we follow Mark Lidderdale from boyhood to his ordination. When Winter Comes to Main Street The Rest of the Checkers Program Scientific American limited Strachey in his page count, and so didn’t show the whole program. Prescient but Not Perfect: A Look Back at a 1966 Scientific American Article on Systems Analysis 2011-08-23T16:15:12.987Z Mr. Strachey's horse was nearly thrown to the ground, and the secretary regained his equilibrium with difficulty. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century That conscientious reporter, William Strachey, wrote in 1610: In this desolation and misery our Governor found the condition and state of the Colony. The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia I have my eye on Mr. Lytton Strachey as the man who could make a fine modern version of Tom Brown’s Schooldays. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-19 Twice was Mr. Strachey, the Undersecretary of State, an able and experienced man, dispatched to Paris to aid Mr. Oswald with his counsel and co-operation. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Letter from the Lord Delaware, Governor of Virginia to the patentees in England.—Introduction to Strachey's Virginia Brittania, p. xxiii. Colonial Records of Virginia So instead of adopting this draft they sent over Mr. Strachey, a man especially well informed concerning the disputed boundaries, to reinforce Oswald in an effort to obtain modifications on these points. Benjamin Franklin Such was the size of the trees that it was possible to make them comparatively roomy, as Strachey noted. The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia So yielding, on September 27, he gave Oswald the required commission, but, suspecting that he was rather too complaisant, sent Henry Strachey to assist him. The Wars Between England and America Probably no one in the British army knew anything about that affair except the Howes and their private secretary Sir Henry Strachey. The War of Independence General Strachey introduced slide rules into the Meteorological Office for performing special calculations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Marjorie Strachey has presented the feminist point of view in eleven short stories drawn from the folklore of many nations. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Mr. Strachey glorifies the demon that possessed this pitiless, rushing spirit of philanthropy. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters General Strachey, Delegate of England, stated that, as he understood this resolution, it would not necessarily authorize the parties invited to take any part in the discussions. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings And his Life would have been more interesting if it had been written by Mr. Lytton Strachey instead of Mr. Begbie; he has a better touch on our great religious leaders. Dangerous Ages One of them credits Mr. Lytton Strachey with the resolve to indite a panegyric of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920 Who William Strachey was, Mr. Major, notwithstanding all his diligence, has not been able to ascertain. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Mr. Strachey is so contemptuous, almost so vindictive, in his attitude to Lord Panmure, that the reader is tempted to take up the cudgels in defence of an official so rudely flouted. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters I listened with great pleasure to the observations which our honorable colleague, the Delegate of England, General Strachey, has just made. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings Must we lose a scruple of the sport by turning aside to find out what Malvolio means by the "lady of the Strachey"? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 In an excursus on Ahone, in the new edition of 'Myth, Ritual, and Religion,' I have tried my best to elucidate the bibliography and other aspects of Strachey's account, which I cannot regard as baseless. The Making of Religion Gathered and observed as well by those who went first thither as collected by William Strachey, Gent, the first Secretary of the Colony. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 It is in sympathy, in imaginative insight, that Mr. Strachey fails. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters General Strachey, Delegate of Great Britain, replied that that would not necessarily be the case. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings Mr. Strachey, in his preface, seems to be under the impression that in the popular estimate Chesterfield is reckoned an elegant trifler, a man of no serious account. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays In chapter xiv., owing to a bibliographical error of my own, I have done injustice to Mr. Tylor, by supposing him to have overlooked Strachey's account of the Virginian god Ahone. The Making of Religion Some ten years ago, it may be, Mr. St. Loe Strachey suggested that I should write an article on 'English Pastoral Drama' for a magazine of which he was then editor. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England The occasional references to Lord Wolseley suggest an unaccountable hurrying figure of pygmy size, which Mr. Strachey can only just discern. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Gen. Strachey, Delegate of Great Britain, stated that it would be orally. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings Some while ago, before Mr. Strachey had made the name of Victoria to resound as triumphantly as it does now, a friend asked why I should trouble to resuscitate these Victorian remains. Angels & Ministers It will hardly be suggested, then, that the natives had already adopted our Supreme Being, especially as Strachey says that the native priests strenuously opposed the Christian God. The Making of Religion The account of Mrs. Montagu, Coleridge, the Bullers, the Stracheys, &c. revives a thousand recollections. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. While no one else will seriously blame Mr. Strachey for employing irony in his investigation of character, the subject leads on to what may be regarded as a definite fault in his method. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters My honorable colleague, General Strachey, thinks that longitude is longitude, and that there is not an astronomical longitude and a geographical longitude. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings Shortly after, introduced by Mrs. Strachey, one of his worshipping audience, to her sister Mrs. Buller, he found the latter in trouble about the education of her sons. Thomas Carlyle As if, in Mr. Strachey's own creed, Satan does not punish, in hell, the offences of men against God! The Making of Religion Yesterday evening a Mr. and Miss Strachey dined here: he pleasing, and she with a nice pretty-shaped small head like Honora's, very agreeable voice. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 But it is difficult to account for his apparently not having read Mr. Bernard Holland's life of the Duke of Devonshire, which throws much light, evidently unknown to Mr. Strachey, on the Gordon relief expedition. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters The resolutions offered by the Delegate of Great Britain, General Strachey, are now before the Conference, and will be read. International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings Strachey announced that he would like to go with me, and together accordingly we went. The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 Probably Mr. Strachey's narrative justifies, by analogy, our suspicion of Major Ellis's theory that the African Supreme Being is of European origin. The Making of Religion Then Mr. Lytton Strachey, at one fell blow, and with one magnificent masterpiece, hurdled the old idols and established a new standard of deliberate accuracy in print. The Glands Regulating Personality Mr. Strachey does not seem to have noticed how much the issue was confused by conflicting opinions as to whether the route to be taken should be by Suakin or up the Nile. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters "They would no more be able to talk like that, Strachey, than you could talk like the Khoran." The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography All the money in my pocket was at once transferred to the little silk purse of the fair petitioner; but to Captain Strachey's peace that smile was far more fatal. The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 The God found by Strachey in Virginia cannot, by any latitude of conjecture, be regarded as the result of contact with Europeans. The Making of Religion But in the case of the subject, as Strachey has so well shown, the call was pursued with a self-willed, pitiless, unscrupulous determination, worthy of Satan himself upon the most ferocious evil bent. The Glands Regulating Personality But here again one is annoyed by the glibness with which Mr. Strachey smoothly asserts what are only his conjectures. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters The other was Sir Richard Strachey, who began his Indian life as a subaltern in the Hon. East India Company's Corps of Sappers and Miners. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Strachey voices the current belief that the Bermudas were harassed by tempests, devils, wicked spirits, and other fearful objects. History of American Literature It is to be remarked that Strachey's Ahone is a much less mythological conception than that which, on very good evidence, he attributes to the Indians of the Patowemeck River. The Making of Religion Lytton Strachey has painted superbly all this in his essay. The Glands Regulating Personality If Mr. Lytton Strachey is reproached with lack of respect, he might reply: In the midst of a revolution, who is called on to be respectful to the fallen monarch? Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Henry Strachey, another uncle, commanded a battalion of Gourkhas, and died over ninety years of age. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Strachey tells how "the sea swelled above the clouds and gave battle unto heaven." History of American Literature This MS. was edited by Mr. Major, for the Hakluyt Society, in 1849, with a glossary, by Strachey, of the native language. The Making of Religion The photograph of her taken when she was 38 shows a quadrangular outline, and all the acridity that impressed Strachey. The Glands Regulating Personality Although in his attitude to the great Rugby schoolmaster Mr. Strachey shows more approbation than usual, this portrait has not given universal satisfaction. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Of Strachey great-uncles I could tell many a curious and entertaining tale, and especially of the man whom my father succeeded,— the man we called "the second Sir Henry." The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Shakespeare has Ferdinand with fewer words intensify Strachey's picture:— "Hell is empty, And all the devils are here." History of American Literature The two books, Strachey's and Smith's, are here slightly varying copies of one original. The Making of Religion I would give him a medal for being R. Strachey, but probably the Council would make difficulties. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 It is difficult to condemn Mr. Strachey along this line of argument. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters It has been said of him that he was "odd even for a Strachey," and I could prove that up to the hilt. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography It took Mr. Strachey a minute to recover from his astonishment. The Getting of Wisdom Other Virginians, like Smith, Strachey, and Percy, show close naturalistic observation, touched with the abounding Elizabethan zest for novelties. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters The Stracheys were here the other day, and it was a great pleasure to us to see them. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 We are not sure that Mr. Strachey acted very wisely in selecting Dr. Arnold for one of his four subjects, since the great schoolmaster was hardly a Victorian at all. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Almost as odd, from many points of view, though much more human, was his brother, Richard Strachey, one of the prize figures of the Military and Diplomatic Service of the East India Company. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography "That," said Mr. Strachey, with extreme deliberation: "that is the portrait, by a great painter, of a great poet—Dante Alighieri." The Getting of Wisdom Again, Ahone, though primal and creative, is, by Strachey's account, a sleeping partner. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Strachey, who probably enlarges from Smith his account of the same people, whom he calls Sasquesahanougs, says they were well- proportioned giants, but of an honest and simple disposition. The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3 The longest of these biographies is that of Cardinal Manning, and it is the one with which Mr. Lytton Strachey has taken most pains. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters That I felt was rather an insulting condition, and I rather expected that Mr. Rhodes would have replied: "If Mr. Strachey cannot treat me like a gentleman, I don't want to see him." The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Secondly, Mr. Strachey had been so unpleasantly impressed by the boldness of her behaviour, that she would not be invited to the drawing-room again for some time to come. The Getting of Wisdom According to Strachey, the priests, far from borrowing any part of our faith, "feare and tremble lest the knowledge of God, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ be taught in these parts". Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Of Mrs. Strachey we have seen a great deal; and might have seen more, had I had time and spirits for it. Life of John Sterling Several of the characteristics which diversify Mr. Strachey's remarkable volume are exemplified in the following quotation. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Those concerned had only to drop in at the next Strachey tea and sound the correspondents. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography She saw them rise to wail out the hymn; saw Mr. Strachey on his chair in the middle of the floor, perpetually nimming with his left leg. The Getting of Wisdom Strachey, however, took the trouble to copy bits of Smith into his own larger work, which he never gave to the printers. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 I have just been interrupted by a visit from Mrs. Strachey; with whom I dined yesterday. Life of John Sterling Whatever else may be said of Mr. Lytton Strachey, no one can deny that he is very adroit, or that he possesses the art of arresting attention. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Mr. Strachey, you must be mad to make any such suggestion. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography —Latin had not been one of Evelyn's subjects, and she was now employing some of her spare time in studying the language with Mr. Strachey, who taught it after a fashion of his own. The Getting of Wisdom I offer the guess that Kemps and Machumps, who came and went from Pocahontas, and recited an Indian prayer which Strachey neglected to copy out, may have been among Strachey's authorities. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 But Strachey, I am glad to say, was more than a mere skilful agent. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Mr. Strachey has conducted his attack from the point of view of biography. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Strachey, you have been 'had'—entirely taken in. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography There was, for instance, that unfortunate evening when she was one of the batch of girls invited to Mrs. Strachey's drawingroom. The Getting of Wisdom This did not strike Strachey as being the fact; he had no opinion of the creed in which Ahone was a factor, "the misery and thraldome under which Sathan has bound these wretched miscreants". Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 There is another story of this Lady Strachey which I may as well put in here, because it is with such amazing clearness the characteristic of a vanished age. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography In this case, more even than in any of the instances which Mr. Strachey has taken, the contrast between the real man and the funereal image is positively grotesque. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Henry Strachey was the eldest son of a hopelessly embarrassed country gentleman of old family. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography The diversion was welcomed by Mrs. Strachey, and Lilith went to the piano. The Getting of Wisdom They ranged 130 miles north and 130 miles north-west of Roanoke Island, which brings them into the neighbourhood of Smith's and Strachey's country. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Indeed, things had gone so far by his time that the Strachey estates had actually passed to the mortgagees in discharge of a sum of twelve thousand pounds. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography In the same spirit, critics who, in the apostle's phrase, have "something against" Mr. Lytton Strachey, will do well to begin by acknowledging what is in his favour. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Evidently Strachey did not keep his verses entirely for dedication. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Mrs. Strachey looked doubtfully at the thin little girl. The Getting of Wisdom Strachey embodies in his work considerable pieces of Smith's Map of Virginia and Description, written in 1608, and published in 1612. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Therefore the second Henry Strachey, if he had got into the House, when he first came home, would no doubt have voted with the Radical Rump. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography "The Miss Nightingale of fact was not as facile fancy painted her," and it has greatly entertained Mr. Strachey to chip the Victorian varnish off and reveal the iron will beneath. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters I like to think that William Strachey may have supported Campion in his controversy with Gabriel Harvey, who, by the way, lived at Saffron Walden, from which town came also William Strachey. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography "Well, perhaps you might try," said Mrs. Strachey, with the ingrained distrust of the unmusical. The Getting of Wisdom I submit, therefore, that Strachey's additions, if valid for temples, are not discredited for Ahone, merely because they are inserted in the framework of Smith. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 I must say the same of my own grandfather, my father's father, Edward Strachey, and his memorable wife. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Mr. Strachey has yet to learn that questions of this kind are "taken seriously" by serious people, and that their emotion is both genuine and deep. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Please do remember, Mr. Strachey, that we don't want academic stuff such as you put into the Spectator and as they appear to like. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography But a half turn of Mrs. Strachey's head subdued her. The Getting of Wisdom For all these reasons I am inclined to accept Strachey's Ahone as a veritable element in Virginian belief. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Strachey was first Secretary to the Colony of Virginia. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography The peculiar aim of Mr. Strachey, his desire to lower our general conception of the Victorian Age, tempts him to exaggerate this tendency, and he succumbs to the temptation. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters She also, no doubt, had known the name of another Indian uncle, Sir Richard Strachey. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography It was partly Mr. Strachey's fault, for making it so dramatic; but none the less she genuinely despised herself, for having such a queer inside. The Getting of Wisdom There is a description of Virginia, by W. Strachey, including Smith's remarks published in 1612. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 William Strachey wrote a very remarkable letter describing the shipwreck, or rather tempest. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography To Mr. Strachey it is evident that the fun of the whole thing is that they meant nothing at all; they were only part of the Victorian absurdity. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters This William Strachey, as my father used to point out to us, had a very considerable amount of book-writing to his credit. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography At this point, the door opened and Mr. Strachey strode into the room. The Getting of Wisdom There is no evidence whatever that Strachey had anything to do with this book of 1612, in which there is no mention of Ahone. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 As Strachey had become a Member of the House of Commons he could not refer to him by name. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography While the Ministry was in the making, Henry Strachey met Fox on Hay Hill, that minute yet "celebrated acclivity" which runs from the corner of Berkeley Square into Dover Street. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography I lately discovered that Campion, the poet-musician, who, like Strachey, was a Member of Gray's Inn, wrote a short Latin poem to Strachey. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Mr. Strachey, will you please tell me what that picture is hanging over the mantelpiece? The Getting of Wisdom Strachey ends with the critical remark that we shall not know all the certainty of the religion and mysteries till we can capture some of the priests, or Quiyough-quisocks. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Before long someone may prove that it was not Bacon who wrote Shakespeare but Strachey who wrote both Bacon and Shakespeare. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography The lines quoted from the obscure Greek poet he translated to the young civilian, Henry Strachey. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography In it Campion tells Strachey that although he has very few verses to give to his "old comrade," the man "who rejoiced in and made many competent verses," he will always be dear to him. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography As at prayers, visiting and resident teachers stood in a line, with their backs to the high windows; they were ranged in order of precedence, topped by Dr Pughson, who stood next Mr. Strachey's desk. The Getting of Wisdom Here, as presently will be shown, I erred, in company with Strachey's editor of 1849, and with the writer on Strachey in the Dictionary of National Biography. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 If Clive's memory was assailed he, Strachey, would hit back. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Strachey was one of the first people to hear of the event because St. Helena was borrowed by the Government for prison purposes from the East India Company. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography When Clive heard of this predicament, he, with extraordinary generosity, advanced the money in anticipation of the remuneration which Strachey was to receive for his services in India. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography For when, in an ominous hush, Mr. Strachey entered and strode to his desk, Laura suddenly grew calm, and could take note of everything that passed. The Getting of Wisdom If Mr. Arber and I are right, Strachey must have had access to Smith's MS. before it was published in 1612, and we shall see how he used it. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 As a great Shakespearian devotee, he specially delighted to tell us of our direct ancestor, William Strachey, "the friend of Ben Jonson," for so we knew him. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Another reason for feeling pretty sure that William Strachey must have known Shakespeare is the fact, of which we have ample proof, that Strachey was well known to the men of letters of the day. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography And to think, Mother, that this be young Mr. Strachey, after all. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography The girl stood, pale and silly-looking, and stared at Mr. Strachey much as a rabbit stares at the snake that is about to eat it. The Getting of Wisdom Strachey's editor, in 1849, regarded W. S. as Strachey, and supposed that Strachey was the real author of Smith's Map of Virginia, so that, in his Historie of Travaile, Strachey merely took back his own. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 He looked round, therefore, for an able and trustworthy young man, and lighted upon Henry Strachey, who had just reached years of discretion. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography But Clive did more for us as a family than merely appoint Henry Strachey to be his private secretary. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography The rest of the letter is pleasantly complimentary and shows that Donne and Strachey were fast friends. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Laura could not take her eyes off the scene: they travelled, burning with curiosity, from Annie Johns to Mr. Strachey, and back again to the miserable thief. The Getting of Wisdom Why Strachey acted thus it is possible to conjecture. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 It happened that at the time of his appointment Henry Strachey was very much in the position in which Clive was when he first went out to India. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography William Strachey, the first Secretary to the Colony of Virginia, would, I felt, have been a true Whig if Whig principles had been enunciated in his time, for the Virginia Company was a Liberal movement. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography But first I must explain why we Stracheys regard Clive as our patron saint. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography The prayer at an end, Mr. and Mrs. Strachey bowed vaguely in several directions, shook hands with the governesses, and left the room. The Getting of Wisdom On the other hand, Strachey likes to show off his Latin and Greek. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 They gave a vivid picture of the mind and actions of a Whig Member of Parliament from about 1770 to 1812, the period during which Henry Strachey was continuously in Parliament. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Strachey had been in office in the ill-starred Coalition under Fox and North. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography His son, Hodges Strachey, who succeeded him, added to these pecuniary troubles, and then died; the property descended to a younger brother, Henry Strachey. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography In the girls' eyes, Mr. Strachey stood over six feet in his stocking-soles. The Getting of Wisdom Now Strachey's Great Hare is accepted by mythologists, while Ahone is regarded with suspicion. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 The smiling demagogue, who, by the by, was a fellow member of Brooke's, hailed his ex-colleague with a— "Hullo, Strachey, what's going to happen to you?" The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography In any case, Shelburne trusted Strachey, and when he began the negotiations for the Peace of Versailles which ended the war with America, and recognised the United States, Strachey was sent as a negotiator. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Henry Strachey was not only devoted to him throughout his life, but acted as his executor and as the guardian to his infant son and heir. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography But neither his nor Mrs. Strachey's efforts availed. The Getting of Wisdom There was annexed a compilation from various sources, edited by "W. S.," that is, NOT William Strachey, but Dr. William Symonds. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Unfortunately the British Ministry was tired and callous, and Strachey's efforts did not prevail, but he fought for the United Empire Loyalists to the end. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography The mention of his name brought in its train an excellent story derived from my father's uncle, the second Sir Henry Strachey, the squire whom he succeeded at Sutton. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Things, however, turned out differently in Strachey's case, and Shelburne kept his word. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Not, Laura felt sure, in order to avoid detection, as Mr. Strachey supposed, but because to those who had so much a few odd coins could not matter. The Getting of Wisdom As far as I see, Strachey has no theory to serve by inventing Ahone. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Another contemporary well known to my father was Peacock, the novelist, for Peacock was also an official in the India House and so a colleague of my grandfather, Edward Strachey. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography She had written to a friend, saying, in effect, What on earth did you mean by not telling me more about your cousin, Lady Strachey? The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Lady Strachey, the first Sir Henry's wife, was a widow with children when she married. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography She had certainly not heard a word Mr. Strachey said. The Getting of Wisdom I conjecture that one of Strachey's sources was a native named Kemps. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Here I may interpose that I have always been specially interested in the fact that in the letter to Lady Willoughby de Broke, Strachey notes a circumstance that was often observed in the war. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography After noting that Strachey was "sometime secretary to Sir Thomas Gates," he adds, "I do boldly say that the greatest folly he ever committed was to submit himself and parts to so mean a master." The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Thanks to Clive there are still Stracheys at Sutton and I am here to tell the tale. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Laura's heart began to palpitate, for she felt the approach of the final climax, Mr. Strachey's periods growing ever slower and more massive. The Getting of Wisdom Smith certainly saw more of the natives at home: Strachey brought a more studious mind to what he could learn of their customs and ideas; and is not a convicted braggart. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Locke in his letters from exile and in his formative period writes to Strachey with affection and admiration. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography My father used to say that when the second Sir Henry Strachey came back from India, for he was there only ten years, his father was still in Parliament. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Just before Clive died by his own hand, he addressed a letter to Henry Strachey, who had now become a close friend as well as an ex-secretary, and who had married Lady Clive's first cousin. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Even Mr. Strachey, the unapproachable, had been known, on running full tilt into a pretty girl's arms in an unlit passage, to be laughingly confused. The Getting of Wisdom The first Henry Strachey, though a staunch Whig in early life, was a supporter of William Pitt and later, of Lord Liverpool. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography In a note attached thereto Strachey says that he thinks it will be useful to persons who wish to "trade or truck" with the Indians. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Another memorable fact in regard to William Strachey I may mention here, though it was not known to my father. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Here are the words which Clive addressed to Strachey:— How miserable is my condition! The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography In the course of his forty years of public life, Henry Strachey held a number of important offices, for he was a much-trusted man. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography When Burke began his attacks in the Commons upon Warren Hastings, he tried to enlist support from Henry Strachey, who does not seem to have thrown in his lot especially with Hastings. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography In the first place, the Stracheys could not afford the type of life depicted by the novelists and satirists, and, in the second place, they had not the opportunity. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography As far as I know, Strachey has not been got at by any of my personal enemies. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Accordingly Strachey was sent over to give tone and vigour to the British Delegation. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Things, however, went further than the grim silence with which the initial proposal was met at what was designed to be "the positively last appearance of Mr. Strachey." The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Henry Strachey is described as "an active friend." The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography He was, with the possible exception of my cousin, Lytton Strachey, the best reviewer I ever had. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography |
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