The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 9Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... American English , and the varieties of English spoken in the Commonwealth ( outside Britain ) . To these should be added those varieties of English , Brit- ish and American , spoken in other parts of the world . Within each of these ...
... American English , and the varieties of English spoken in the Commonwealth ( outside Britain ) . To these should be added those varieties of English , Brit- ish and American , spoken in other parts of the world . Within each of these ...
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... American publisher . He was born in Bloomfield , N. J. , on April 12 , 1844 , and began to work in his father's bookstore and publishing house in New York as a boy of 15. Ten years later , with his cousin Edward S. Mead , he formed Dodd ...
... American publisher . He was born in Bloomfield , N. J. , on April 12 , 1844 , and began to work in his father's bookstore and publishing house in New York as a boy of 15. Ten years later , with his cousin Edward S. Mead , he formed Dodd ...
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... American actress , whose great bulk , large mobile face , and robust sense of the ridic- ulous made her a comedy favorite on the stage and in films . She was born Leila Koerber in Cobourg , Ontario , on Nov. 9 , 1869 , and took the name ...
... American actress , whose great bulk , large mobile face , and robust sense of the ridic- ulous made her a comedy favorite on the stage and in films . She was born Leila Koerber in Cobourg , Ontario , on Nov. 9 , 1869 , and took the name ...
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