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  • 71Liberal Imperialists —    A faction within Britain’s Liberal Party in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Liberal Imperialists were notable for their lack of enthusiasm for Irish Home Rule, for their defense of free trade within the British Empire,… …

    Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

  • 72Harington, Sir John — (1561 1612)    Miscellaneous writer, and translator, b. at Kelston Park near Bath, and ed. at Eton and Camb., became a courtier of Queen Elizabeth, whose godson he was. In 1599 he served in Ireland under Essex, by whom he was knighted on the… …

    Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • 73miscellanea — /mɪsəˈleɪniə/ (say misuh layneeuh) plural noun a miscellaneous collection, especially of literary compositions. {Latin, neuter plural of miscellāneus miscellaneous} …

  • 74miscellanea — [mis΄ə lā′nē ə] pl.n. [L, neut. pl.: see MISCELLANEOUS] [often with sing. v.] a miscellaneous collection, esp. of literary works; miscellany …

    English World dictionary

  • 75mis|cel|la|ne|a — «MIHS uh LAY nee uh», noun (plural). a miscellaneous collection, especially of literary compositions; miscellany. ╂[< Latin miscellānea a meat hash; a (literary) medley, neuter plural of miscellāneus miscellaneous] …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 76Omnium-gatherum — Om ni*um gath er*um, n. [A macaronic compound of L. omnium, gen. pl. of omnis all, and E. gather.] A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley; a hodgepodge. [Colloq. & Humorous] Selden. Syn: hotchpotch, odds and …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 77Constitution of South Africa — South Africa This article is part of the series: Politics and government of South Africa …

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  • 78Usonia — (pronEng|juːˈsoʊniə) is a word used by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to refer to his vision for the landscape of the United States, including the planning of cities and the architecture of buildings. Wright proposed the use of the… …

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  • 79The Man Upstairs — 1st edition The Man Upstairs is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 23 January 1914 by Methuen Co., London. Most of the stories had previously appeared in magazines, generally Strand Magazine …

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  • 80The Man with Two Left Feet — The Man With Two Left Feet, and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on March 8 1917 by Methuen Co., London, and in the United States in 1933 by A.L. Burt and Co., New York. Most …

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