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Akenside, Mark
(1721-1770) Poet, s. of a butcher at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gave early indications of talent, and was...
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Lemon, Mark
(1809-1870) Journalist and humorist, b. in London, wrote many theatrical pieces, and a few novels, ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Pattison, Mark
(1813-1884) Scholar and biographer, b. at Hornby, Yorkshire, s. of a clergyman, ed. privately and a...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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"Twain, Mark"
(Samuel Langhorne Clemens), D.Litt. (b. 1835) American humorist. The Jumping Frog (1867), The Inno...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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dollar mark
The origin of this sign to represent the dollar has been the cause of much discussion of late in t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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mark, a good
Australian slang. 1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 233: «I wondered often what was the meaning of ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick
(1785-1860) was one of the sons of Col. the Hon. George N. and Lady Sarah Lennox, dau. of the 2nd D...
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