His reputation rests mainly on the first four of the novels published in his lifetime as by John Wyndham.

His reputation chiefly rests, however, on his theoretical and critical writings on musical subjects.

Greenberg's reputation rests in part on his contributions to synchronic linguistics and the quest to identify linguistic universals.

Pius II was greatly admired as a poet by his contemporaries, but his reputation in belles lettres rests principally upon his The Tale of the Two Lovers, which continues to be read to this day, partly from its truth to nature, and partly from the singularity of an erotic novel being written by a Pope.

His lasting fame, or notoriety, rests rather on his relationship with the 15 year old boy whom he raised to the position of Cardinal-Nephew, and, it was said at the time, with whom he shared his bed: the resulting scandal did great harm to the reputation of the Church.

Their musical reputation largely rests on two albums issued in 1967, Da Capo and Forever Changes.

Zschokke's tales, on which his literary reputation rests, are collected in several series, Bilder aus der Schweiz ( Pictures from Switzerland, 5 vols., 1824 – 25 ), Ausgewählte Novellen und Dichtungen ( 16 vols., 1838 – 39 ).

Noting that the two books " may be flawed ", he also accepted that " they are arguably Garner's most popular books ; certainly it is on them that his reputation as a purely children's author rests.

A genre which ' had no model and can have no successors ' ( Kellgren ), these songs were to grow swiftly in number until they made up the great work on which Bellman's reputation as a poet chiefly rests.

His lasting reputation rests principally on the theory of literary criticism that he developed in Anatomy of Criticism ( 1957 ), one of the most important works of literary theory published in the twentieth century.

Although his influence as a logician and linguist in grammar and rhetoric was considerable, his reputation rests on his works in psychology.

During his closing years he was engaged on his work the Scotichronicon, on which his reputation now chiefly rests.

Delius's full stylistic maturity dates from around 1907, when he began to write the series of works on which his main reputation rests.

He was almost 50 before he embarked on the operatic career on which his reputation chiefly rests.

He was an eloquent preacher, but his reputation rests chiefly on his expository works, which are said to have had a larger circulation both in Europe and America than any others of their class.

Bergk's literary activity was very great, but his reputation mainly rests upon his work in connection with Greek literature and the Greek lyric poets.

In an article for The Times, Grimond noted that the " tragedy of theatre " is that even the best performances fade from memory, and that Johnson's current reputation rests almost entirely on her performance in Brief Encounter.

But his reputation rests as much on his inspiring eloquence, populism, and the beauty of his style as on original work.

His reputation, however, rests more on his two spells as the UK's foreign minister than on his brief and uneventful premiership.

This move marked a turning-point in his life, for he now set to work on the investigations on which his reputation rests.

Reimarus ' reputation as a scholar rests on the valuable edition of Dio Cassius ( 1750 – 52 ) which he prepared from the materials collected by J.

) Yet the works on which Hutcheson's reputation rests had already been published.

Clarke's reputation rests to a large extent on his effort to demonstrate the existence of God and his theory of the foundation of rectitude.

He contributed largely to periodicals, chiefly on classical subjects, but his reputation mainly rests upon his editions of the works of other scholars:

Daviess County has long had a reputation as the leading center of the production of distilled spirits, chiefly Kentucky bourbon, since the early 1880s.

His reputation is chiefly based on his skill in engraving.

Though considered by some ( including Jeremy Bentham ) to be an indifferent judge, his Observations on the Statutes, chiefly the more ancient, from Magna Charta to 21st James I ( 1766 ), had a high reputation among historians and constitutional antiquaries, and ran through five editions down to 1796.

It is chiefly the that has established the reputation of Acosta, as this was one of the very first detailed and realistic descriptions of the New World.

His reputation as a historian rests chiefly on his History of the Norman Conquest ( 1867 – 1876 ), his longest completed book.

Despite the importance to history of these pressing issues, Chamberlain ’ s reputation chiefly rests on his part in the negotiations over what came to be known as the Locarno Pact of 1925.

Although he developed a reputation as an imaginative and critical writer, he is famous chiefly as a biographer.

:" There was no basis here for criminal proceedings against Wright, but he had been publicly condemned as the man on whom the guilt chiefly lay, and that was a reputation that he was unlikely ever to lie down.

Ransom's literary reputation is based chiefly on two collections of poetry, Chills and Fever ( 1924 ) and Two Gentlemen in Bonds ( 1927 ).

The Parliament of Bees is the work on which Day's reputation chiefly rests.

Crawford ’ s reputation as a composer chiefly rests on her New York compositions written between 1930 and 1933, which are concerned with dissonant counterpoint and American serial techniques.

It is chiefly for his writing on the arts that he made a reputation, however.

It is to his dramas that Alfieri is chiefly indebted for the high reputation he has attained.

The rich resources open to him in the Dresden library enabled him to undertake the work on which his reputation chiefly rests, the Allgemeines bibliographisches Lexikon, the first volume of which appeared in 1821 and the second in 1830.

His first work, a clever and original volume of poems, entitled Streckverse ( Heidelberg, 1823 ), was followed in 1824-1825 by a popular Geschichte der Deutschen in three volumes and in 1829 and 1830 by Rubezahl and Narcissus, the dramatized fairy-stories upon which his reputation as a poet chiefly rests.

" the set table "), upon which his " great reputation as a halakist and codifier rests chiefly.

He also wrote on theological and other subjects, but his reputation chiefly rests on his botanical works, especially Systema algarum, Species algarum rite cognitae, and Icones Algarum ( 1824, 1820 – 28, and 1828 – 35 ).

After the centennial celebration, the national reputation of the school declined and the Academy drew its students chiefly from Colchester and surrounding towns.