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lear, record of contemporary events in England and Normandy, t was translated into English in 1853-55.

ORM, OR ORMIN (fl. 1200). Was an Augustinian canon of

VIercia, who wrote the Ormulum in transition English. It is a kind >f mediaeval Christian Year, containing a metrical portion of the ospel for each day, followed by a metrical homily, largely borrowed rom JElfric and Bede. Its title is thus accounted for, " This boc iss lemmed the Ormulum, forthi that Orm it wrohhte."

ORME, ROBERT (1728-1801). Historian, s. of an Indian

,rmy doctor, b. at Travancore, and after being at Harrow, entered he service of the East India Company. Owing to failure of health ic had to return home in 1760, and then wrote his History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from 1745 1763-78), a well-written and accurate work, showing great research, le also pub. Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire, the Morattoes nd English Concerns in Indostan' from 1659 (1782). His collections elating to India are preserved at the India Office.

ORRERY, ROGER BOYLE, IST EARL OF (1621-1679).

tatesman and dramatist, third 5. of the Earl of Cork, was ed. at

jrinity Coll., Dublin. After having fought on the Royalist side he was, on the death of the King, induced bv Cromwell to support him in his Irish wars and otherwise. After the death of the Protector secured Ireland for Charles II., and at the Restoration was raised

o the peerage. He wrote a romance in 6 vols., entitled Parthenissa, some plays, and a treatise on the Art of War. He has the distinction

f being the first to introduce rhymed tragedies.

O'SHAUGHNESSY, ARTHUR WlLLIAM EDGAR (1844-1881). wards being transferred to the natural history department, where he >ecame an authority on fishes and reptiles. He pub. various books f poetry, including Epic of Women (1870), Lays of France (1872), nd Music and Moonlight (1874). Jointly with his wife he wrote ^oyland, a book for children. He was associated with D. G. Rossetti and the other pre-Raphaelites. There is a certain remote- less in his poetry which will probably always prevent its being videly popular. He has a wonderful mastery of metre, and a ' haunting music " all his own.
 * oet, b. in London, entered the library of the British Museum, after

OTWAY, CAESAR (1780-1842). Writer of Irish tales. His

vritings, which display humour and sympathy with the poorer lasses in Ireland, include Sketches in Ireland (1827), and A Tour in ^onnaught (1839). He was concerned in the establishment of r arious journals.

OTWAY, THOMAS (1651 or 1652-1685). Dramatist, s. of a Jergyman, was b. near Midhurst, Sussex, and ed. at Oxf., which he eft without graduating. His short life, like those of many of his ellows, was marked by poverty and misery, and he appears to have i. practically of starvation. Having failed as an actor, he took to arriting for the stage, and produced various plays, among which Don arlos, Prince of Spain (1676), was a great success, and brought him