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buted verses of very various merit to a number of Irish newspapers, and translations from the German to The Dublin University Magazine. By some critics his poetical powers were considered to be such as to have gained for him the first place among Irish poets; but his irregular and intemperate habits prevented him from attaining any sure excellence. His best work, generally inspired by the miseries of his country, often rises to a high level of tragic power, and had his strength of character been equal to his poetic gift it is difficult to say to what heights he might have attained. He d. of cholera.

MANLEY, MRS. MARY DE LA RIVIERE (1663 or 1672-1724).

Novelist, dramatist, and political writer, dau. of Sir Roger Manley, was decoyed into a bigamous connection with her cousin, John M. Her subsequent career was one of highly dubious morality, but considerable literary success. Her principal works are The New Atalantis (sic) (1709), a satire in which great liberties were taken with Whig notabilities, Memoirs of Europe (1710), and Court In trigues (1711). She also wrote three plays, The Royal Mischief, The Lost Lover, and Lucius, and conducted the Examiner. In her writings she makes great havoc with classical names and even with spelling. She was a vivacious and effective political writer.

MANNING, ANNE (1807-1879). Miscellaneous writer.

Her best known works are Mistress Mary Powell, which first ap peared in Sharpe's Magazine in 1849, and The Household of Sir Thomas More, a delightful picture of More's home life told in the form of a diary written by his daughter Margaret. Her writings have much literary charm, and show a delicate historical imagination.

MANNING, HENRY EDWARD (1808-1892). Cardinal and

theologian. B. at Totteridge, Herts, and ed. at Harrow and Oxf., where he became notable as an eloquent preacher, and as one of the ablest of the Tractarian party. He was rector of Woollavington- cum-Graffham 1833, and Archdeacon of Chichester 1840. In 1851 he entered the Church of Rome, in which he attached himself to the Ultramontane party. More even than Newman he was the leading spirit of the Roman Church in England. His writings consist of [sermons, of which he pub. several vols. before his secession from the IChurch of England, and controversial works, including Petri Privi- \legium (1871), The Vatican Decrees (1875), in answer to Gladstone's \Vaticanism, and The Eternal Priesthood (1883). He became Roman [Catholic Archbishop of Westminster 1865, and Cardinal 1875.

MANNYNG, ROBERT, OR ROBERT DE BRUNNE (ft. 1288-

Y>inne (c. 1300), translated with original additions from the Manuel lies P&cMs, a book written in French verse by William of Wad- liington, is practically a collection of tales and short stories on the l^ommandments, Seven Deadly Sins, Sacraments, etc., and is of l/alue as giving a contemporary picture of the time. He also made We. 1335) a translation in verse of the French Chronicle of Peter Lang- l:oft, the second and more interesting part of which covers the period Irom the death of Cadwallader to the end of the reign of Edward T,
 * [ 338). Was a Canon of the GUbertine Order. His work, Handlynge

MANSEL, HENRY LONGUEVILLE (1820-1871). Meta physician, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Cosgrave, Northamptonshire,

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