Wolfe

(wo͝olf), James 1727-1759.

British general in Canada. He defeated the French at Quebec (1759) but was mortally wounded in the battle.

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Wolfe

(wʊlf)

1. (Biography) James. 1727–59, English soldier, who commanded the British capture of Quebec, in which he was killed

2. (Biography) Thomas (Clayton). 1900–38, US novelist, noted for his autobiographical fiction, esp Look Homeward, Angel (1929)

3. (Biography) Tom, full name Thomas Kennerly Wolfe. born 1931, US author and journalist; his books include The Right Stuff (1979) and the novels Bonfire of the Vanities (1987), and A Man in Full (1998)

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Wolfe

(wʊlf)

n.

1. James, 1727–59, English general.

2. Thomas (Clayton), 1900–38, U.S. novelist.

3. Tom (Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr.), born 1931, U.S. novelist and journalist.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Wolfe - United States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931) Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr., Thomas Wolfe, Tom Wolfe
	2.	Wolfe - United States writer best known for his autobiographical novels (1900-1938) Thomas Clayton Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe

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This last, led by General Wolfe, was to enter the St.

Grandfather described the siege of Quebec, and told how Wolfe led his soldiers up a rugged and lofty precipice, that rose from the shore of the river to the plain on which the city stood.

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'Yes,' said the landlord, 'that's his name, Doctor Wolfe Macfarlane.'

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I have seldom met with a man in your line of business that could do so much; for one other touch might make this figure of General Wolfe, for instance, a breathing and intelligent human creature."

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Poulter would continue, on coming to a pause in his discipline; "they'd better not talk to me about General Wolfe. He did nothing but die of his wound; that's a poor haction, I consider.

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Here all is literal, even to the severed arm of Wolfe, and the urn which held the ashes of Queen Dido.*

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Portions of their attire had probably been worn at the siege of Louisburg, and the coats of most recent cut might have been rent and tattered by sword, ball, or bayonet, as long ago as Wolfe's victory.

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Avoiding the popular "Wolfe collection," whose anecdotic canvases filled one of the main galleries of the queer wilderness of cast-iron and encaustic tiles known as the Metropolitan Museum, they had wandered down a passage to the room where the "Cesnola antiquities" mouldered in unvisited loneliness.

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Vincent, Wolfe and Moore, Nelson and Wellington, they have carried their lives in their hands, getting hard knocks and hard work in plenty--which was on the whole what they looked for, and the best thing for them--and little praise or pudding, which indeed they, and most of us, are better without.

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The Colonel of the --th regiment, in which Messieurs Dobbin and Osborne had companies, was an old General who had made his first campaign under Wolfe at Quebec, and was long since quite too old and feeble for command; but he took some interest in the regiment of which he was the nominal head, and made certain of his young officers welcome at his table, a kind of hospitality which I believe is not now common amongst his brethren.

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As when a prowling Wolfe, Whom hunger drives to seek new haunt for prey, Watching where Shepherds pen thir Flocks at eeve In hurdl'd Cotes amid the field secure, Leaps o're the fence with ease into the Fould: Or as a Thief bent to unhoord the cash Of some rich Burgher, whose substantial dores, Cross-barrd and bolted fast, fear no assault, In at the window climbes, or o're the tiles; So clomb this first grand Thief into Gods Fould: So since into his Church lewd Hirelings climbe.

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The dangerous precipice along whose rocky front, Wolfe and his brave companions climbed to glory; the Plains of Abraham, where he received his mortal wound; the fortress so chivalrously defended by Montcalm; and his soldier's grave, dug for him while yet alive, by the bursting of a shell; are not the least among them, or among the gallant incidents of history.

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