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  • 31Gainsome — Gain some, a. 1. Gainful. [1913 Webster] 2. Prepossessing; well favored. [Obs.] Massinger. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 32Insinuation — In*sin u*a tion, n. [L. insinuatio: cf. F. insinuation.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in. [1913 Webster] By a soft insinuation mix d With earth s large mass. Crashaw. [1913 Webster] 2. The… …

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  • 33Prepossess — Pre pos*sess , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prepossessing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to… …

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  • 34Prepossessed — Prepossess Pre pos*sess , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prepossessing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as …

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  • 35Alexander the Great — This article is about the ancient king of Macedon. For other uses, see Alexander the Great (disambiguation). Alexander the Great Basileus of Macedon …

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  • 36Macbeth — This article is about Shakespeare s play. For other uses, see Macbeth (disambiguation). This is a poster for a c. 1884 American production of Macbeth, starring Thomas W. Keene. Depicted, counter clockwise from top left, are: Macbeth and Banquo… …

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  • 37Billie Holiday — Infobox musical artist Name = Billie Holiday Img capt = Billie Holiday in 1949 photograph by Carl Van Vechten Img size = Landscape = Background = solo singer Birth name = Eleanora Fagan Alias = Lady Day Born = birth date|1915|4|7|mf=y… …

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  • 38Bishōnen — For the 1998 Hong Kong film, see Bishonen (film). Bishōnen (美少年?, also transliterated   …

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  • 39Pasquale Paoli — Pasquale Paoli, portrait by Richard Cosway. My eye fell upon the portrait of Pasquale Paoli, which was just as I had imagined him to be. His brow was arched and open, and his hair long and flowing ; his eyebrows thick, and bent down on the… …

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  • 40John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon — (4 June 1751 ndash; 13 January 1838), Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. His grandfather, William Scott of Sandgate, a suburb of Newcastle, was clerk to a fitter, a sort of water carrier and broker of coals.… …

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