company
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company a man is known by the company he keeps originally used as a moral maxim or exhortation in the context of (preparation for) marriage, and recorded in English from the mid 16th century.
the company makes the feast the success of a social occasion depends on those present rather than on the food and drink provided. Saying recorded from the mid 17th century.
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Palmerston.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 3/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...he wrote to his brother William in April 1852. A quotation...references were to the 1st Earl, the Ambassador to Paris...relationship with Lady Cowper, his mistress and ultimately...and likely natural son) William Cowper, nothing at all. At...
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WARRANTY DEEDS
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 3/2/1989; 700+ words
; ...20433 - Claudia L Cowper to Dorothy E Stull...Walter Homes Inc to William J Wade tr, RS...Guaranty B&T Co to Earl Austin Constr Co...B10 Pebble Creek 1st Addn, Edm. Retn...B3 Pebble Creek 1st Addn, Edm. Retn...Walter Homes Inc to William J Wade tr, RS...
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Cowper, William, 1st Earl Cowper
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Cowper, William, 1st Earl Cowper (1664–1724). Politician and lawyer. Called to the bar in 1688, Cowper proved a brilliant lawyer, entering the Commons in 1695. He was...
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William Cowper Cowper, 1st Earl
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
William Cowper Cowper, 1st Earl 1664?-1723, English jurist. He became lord keeper of the great...the action. He was forced out of office with the Whigs in 1710. Cowper wrote (1714) a tract on political parties to convince George I that...
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