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  • 21Minor — Mi nor, n. 1. A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty one years of age. [1913 Webster] Note: In hereditary monarchies, the minority …

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  • 22Yankee — Yan kee, n. [Commonly considered to be a corrupt pronunciation of the word English, or of the French word Anglais, by the native Indians of America. According to Thierry, a corruption of Jankin, a diminutive of John, and a nickname given to the… …

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  • 23Henry David Thoreau — Thoreau redirects here. For other uses, see Thoreau (disambiguation). Henry David Thoreau Maxham daguerreotype of Henry David Thoreau made in 1856 Full name Henry David Thoreau Born July 12, 1817( …

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  • 24Tommy Cooper — Infobox actor name = Tommy Cooper caption = Videocassette cover from his comedy show birthname = Thomas Frederick Cooper birthdate = birth date|1921|03|19|df=y birthplace = Caerphilly, Wales deathdate = death date and age|1984|04|15|1921|03|19|df …

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  • 25Great Expectations — This article is about the Charles Dickens novel. For other uses, see Great Expectations (disambiguation). Great Expectations   …

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  • 27Rose Macaulay — Dame Emilie Rose Macaulay, DBE (1 August 1881 – 30 October 1958) was an English writer. She published thirty five books, mostly novels but also biographies and travel writing. Macaulay was born in Rugby, Warwickshire the daughter of George… …

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  • 28Poetic diction — is the term used to refer to the linguistic style, the vocabulary, and the metaphors used in the writing of poetry. In the Western tradition, all these elements were thought of as properly different in poetry and prose up to the time of the… …

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  • 29Samuel Porter Jones — (October 16, 1847 October 15, 1906) was one of the most celebrated revivalists of his day, at the close of the 19th century. Famous for his wry wit and masterful story telling, he is credited as a principal influence on Will Rogers.Jones is… …

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  • 30Stanley Bing — is the pen name of Gil Schwartz, a business humorist and novelist. He has written a column for Fortune magazine for more than ten years, after having spent a decade at Esquire, and has written many books (see below). Schwartz is the executive… …

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