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  • 21Exoterical — Exoteric Ex o*ter ic, Exoterical Ex o*ter ic*ala. [L. exotericus, Gr. ? fr. ? out: cf. F. exot[ e]rique. See {Ex} ] External; public; suitable to be imparted to the public; hence, capable of being readily or fully comprehended; opposed to… …

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  • 22coxcombry — noun (plural ries) Date: 1770 behavior that is characteristic of a coxcomb ; foppery …

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  • 23World — The world is a proper noun for the planet Earth envisioned from an anthropocentric or human worldview, as a place inhabited by human beings and other terrestrial lifes. It is often used to signify the sum of human experience and history, or the… …

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  • 24Colley Cibber — plays the part of Lord F …

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  • 25The Relapse — The Relapse, or, Virtue in Danger is a Restoration comedy from 1696 written by John Vanbrugh. The play is a sequel to Colley Cibber s Love s Last Shift, or, Virtue Rewarded . In Cibber s Love s Last Shift , a free living Restoration rake is… …

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  • 26Fop — For the meanings of the acronym FOP, see FOP (disambiguation). The fop (also known as a fribble, popinjay, fashion monger, or clotheshorse) is a stock character who appears from time to time in fiction. He is a person who makes a habit of… …

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  • 27Love's Last Shift — Love s Last Shift, or The Fool in Fashion is an English Restoration comedy by Colley Cibber from 1696. The play is regarded as an early herald of a shift in audience tastes away from the intellectualism and sexual frankness of Restoration comedy… …

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  • 28Everything — is the concept of all that exists.cite web title = everything url = http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/everything publisher = Merriam Webster Online Dictionary accessdate = 2008 06 17] Every entity, physical body, and abstract object is… …

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  • 29tragedy — /traj i dee/, n., pl. tragedies. 1. a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society …

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  • 30Pope, Alexander — born May 21, 1688, London, Eng. died May 30, 1744, Twickenham, near London English poet and satirist. A precocious boy precluded from formal education by his Roman Catholicism, Pope was mainly self educated. A deformity of the spine and other… …

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