Beckford

[ bek-ferd ]

/ ˈbɛk fərd /

William,1759–1844, English writer.

Example sentences from the Web for beckford

Beckford, like Efron, did so with faux-protest, and with a big smile on his face.

Justin Bieber's Abs Cannot Save Him |Tim Teeman |September 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Would it not be a worthy companion to the statues of Beckford and Chatham?

A Morning's Walk from London to Kew |Richard Phillips
On the right hand of the fireplace is a very large landscape by Lee, which Mr. Beckford eulogised warmly.

Recollections of the late William Beckford |Henry Venn Lansdown
There were fifteen hundred slaves on two West Indian estates that Beckford lost in a lawsuit.

The Intellectual Life |=Philip Gilbert Hamerton

This is the same worthy noble Mr Beckford so frequently mentions, and with whom he was residing while at Lisbon.

The Prime Minister |W.H.G. Kingston
The Court then desired Beckford to state what he had said to his majesty.

London and the Kingdom - Volume III |Reginald R. Sharpe

Beckford

/ (ˈbɛkfəd) /

William . 1759–1844, English writer and dilettante; author of the oriental romance Vathek (1787)