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Sir Francis Beaumont
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Baconian
Baconian of or pertaining to Sir Francis Bacon.Baconian philosophy the inductive method of reasoning associated with Francis Bacon, whose radical philosophical beliefs proved very influential in the century following his death.Baconian theory the theory, first promulgated in the late nineteenth... Read more |
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Sir Francis Darwin
Sir Francis Darwin 1848-1925, English botanist, assistant to his father, Charles Robert Darwin . He lectured in botany at Cambridge and was foreign secretary of the Royal Society and president of the British Association. He edited the Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887) and was knighted in... Read more |
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Sir Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham , 1532?-1590, English statesman. A zealous Protestant, he went abroad during the reign of Queen Mary I but returned on the accession (1558) of Elizabeth I. He entered Parliament (1559) and soon was employed by William Cecil, Baron Burghley , in obtaining intelligence from... Read more |
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Francis Channing Barlow
BARLOW, FRANCIS CHANNING Francis Channing Barlow achieved prominence as a lawyer and a soldier. Barlow was born October 19, 1834, in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Harvard in 1855, and was admitted to the New York bar in 1858. From 1859 to 1861, and also in 1866, Barlow practiced... Read more |
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Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Sir Francis Seymour Haden , 1818-1910, English etcher, writer, and surgeon. He was a successful practicing surgeon in London (1847-87) and founded there a hospital for the treatment of incurable diseases, but is better known as an etcher and an authority on etching. He did much to familiarize the... Read more |
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Little Flowers of St Francis
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John Francis Bentley
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Sir William Francis Patrick Napier
Sir William Francis Patrick Napier 1785-1860, British general and historian; brother of Sir Charles James Napier . He served in the Peninsular War and wrote a famous and still authoritative History of the War in the Peninsula (6 vol., 1828-40).... Read more |
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ADJECTIVE
...predicative only, as with afraid, loath, and aware in: Your brother is afraid of them, My friends seem...their duties), (somebody) afraid (of me). Adjectives ending...by an INTENSIFIER such as very. There are differences in... |
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Sexual Harassment
...on the individual level; they are afraid that a minor complaint will be blown up into...seriously, many military men became afraid that they might be falsely accused...always been and are still a small and very visible minority, historically excluded... |
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Piccadilly Theatre
...Romanoff and Juliet (1956). Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1964) began its long run here, and...musical Gypsy had a good run, as did a revival of the musical Very Good, Eddie! in 1976. The theatre later provided a West... |
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biochemistry
...unifying concept that the nature of life processes must be very similar in disparate organisms, including man, and that...its roots in exact physical sciences and has never been afraid to divert the attentions of practitioners of those sciences... |
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APOSTROPHE
...especially in abbreviations, as in V.I.P.'s (short for very important persons). (3) To mark POSSESSION in nouns, as...marking of initial word CLIPPINGS, as in 'fraid so for afraid so and 'gator for alligator. (3) the omission of prefixed... |
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Asquith, Herbert Henry, 1st earl of Oxford and Asquith
...when he remarried in 1894 it was to a very different character, Margot Tennant...party, the marriage was, for him, a very mixed blessing. Margot's extravagance severely...highly talented cabinet, and was never afraid to promote able and ambitious men like... |
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euthanasia
...programmes for problematic or costly people, especially the very old, the poor, and the demented.In addition, death...nursing staff involved in such practices may be justifiably afraid that they thereby risk exposure and legal prosecution... |
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Philip
...Benjamin Church, an Indian executioner making a speech over Philip's body said that “he had been a very great man and had made many a man afraid of him.” Even in defeat, Philip remained a fearsome symbol of Native American resistance and military... |
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fearful
...fear·ful / ˈfi(ə)rfəl/ • adj. 1. feeling afraid; showing fear or anxiety. ∎ causing or likely to cause people to be afraid; horrifying: a fearful accident. 2. inf. very great: he could cause a fearful commotion... |
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not
...hope not | “Don't you keep in touch?” “I'm afraid not.” | they wouldn't know if I was telling the...d want to go back. not a thing nothing at all. not very see very. |
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Asquith, Herbert Henry, 1st earl of Oxford and Asquith
...died in 1891, and when he remarried in 1894 it was to a very different character, Margot Tennant, the daughter of a wealthy...presided over a highly talented cabinet, and was never afraid to promote able and ambitious men like Lloyd George and... |
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doubt
...about one's religious beliefs. 2. archaic fear; be afraid of: I doubt not your contradictions. PHRASES: beyond...without (a) doubt indisputably: he was without doubt the very worst kind of reporter.DERIVATIVES: doubt·a·ble adj... |
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measure
...required or expected standard; fulfill expectations: I'm afraid we didn't measure up to the standards they set. ∎ scrutinize...a group of rock strata. PHRASES: beyond measure to a very great extent: it irritates him beyond measure. for good... |
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little
...their identity there was very little time to be lost [as pron.] he ate and drank very little the ruble is worth so...parents I was always a little afraid of her. 2. (used for emphasis...consternation was caused. ∎ very: it was not a little puzzling... |
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Mary, mother of Jesus
...Mark, and the references to Mary in that gospel are not very flattering. In Mark 3: 21 Jesus' family thought he was mad and...tell the disciples of the resurrection, because they were afraid (16: 8). In Mark's view those nearest to Jesus did... |
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direct
...nonstop, unbroken, uninterrupted, through. 3. he is very direct synonyms: frank, candid, straightforward, honest...forthright, downright, no-nonsense, matter-of-fact, not afraid to call a spade a spade; informal upfront. 4. direct... |
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even
...surprisingly, unexpectedly, paradoxically. 3. she is afraid, even ashamed, to ask for help synonyms: indeed, you...discomfortsynonyms: while, whilst, as, just as, at the very time that, during the time that. even so I feel better... |
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fearful
...making a noise | footsteps made them fearfulsynonyms: afraid, frightened, scared, terrified, alarmed, apprehensive...fearful cold/messsynonyms: terrible, appalling, very bad, extremely bad, very great. 4. a fearful vision of an angelsynonyms... |
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Abbas is afraid of me, Hamas candidate tells 'Post'
...Hamas-led unity coalition, Jarwan said: "They are afraid, afraid, afraid. I was the former PLO military prosecutor and I held a very senior position when the PLO was in Lebanon. Because... |
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Fed: Australia should be afraid of Garrett in charge of Kyoto: PM
...Kyoto: PM SYDNEY, Nov 4 AAP - Australians should be "very afraid" at the prospect of Labor'senvironment spokesman...said. "That's a very scary thought. We should be afraid, very afraid, of that as a prospect." Mr Howard said ... |
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TWO FACES OF CHRISTMAS: SANTA CLAWS; Runaway Xmas boss: I was too afraid to...
...t had the guts to - I've been afraid." He even threatened to sue the...the kids settled and I've been afraid to - afraid of how the public are going to react...investigation but that it is "at a very early stage". A spokesman for... |
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Football: BE AFRAID! ; . . for Owen has God on his side DERBY V NEWCASTLE BIG...
DERBY COUNTY should be afraid. Very afraid. For Sam Allardyce has revealed the two secret weapons...that respect," added the Newcastle boss. "It is a very big part of football - the most important part. What... |
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Be very afraid, things can go wrong.(News)
...Oxbridge over here) didn't know when their own Civil War took place. So keep your fingers crossed. We should be afraid, very afraid. Things can go wrong. |
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Afraid of the dark.(News)
...in just over seven months. As we are now being threatened with "punitive" price increases it is time to be afraid, very afraid. James Cunningham. Camps Bay |
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Be very afraid! Sara Ahmed enters the maze of fear politics and finds there...
...that anticipates a future threat. Yet fear can have very 'present' consequences. Fear may prepare your body...collective fears. To be such an object is to become afraid oneself, afraid of what that collective fear will do: 'hate stares... |
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Be very afraid
...SARAH HONIG Jerusalem Post 11-28-2003 Headline: Be very afraidByline: SARAH HONIGEdition; Up FrontSection...overkill recipe for national holocaust. Read and be afraid, very afraid. The second you begin to hear in your mind's ear... |
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RETIREMENT PLANNING: 'Be very afraid' of Euro-wide regulation.
...wide private pension regime alongside the existing pension regimes in Europe. "So my advice is you need to be afraid, very afraid. They would clearly love to impose an additional layer of regulation alongside or on top of the2004 pension architecture... |
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DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE VERY AFRAID OF GB2.(Editorial)
Democrats should be afraid, very afraid, of George W. Bush. Yes, of course, there are plenty of reasons why the front-runner in every poll leading up to the 2000 presidential campaign might yet lose. Yes, with barely a single term as governor... |
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