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  • 61Inverness —    INVERNESS, a royal burgh, sea port town, and parish, in the county of Inverness, of which it is the chief town, 156 miles (N. N. W.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the villages of Balloch, Clachnaharry, Culcaboch, Hilton, Resawrie, and… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 62Chris Blackwell — Birth name Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell[1] Born 22 June 1937 (1937 06 22) (age 74) London, England Genres …

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  • 63Blood Relations (play) — Blood Relations is a psychological murder mystery by Sharon Pollock. The play is based on historical fact and speculation surrounding the life of Lizzie Borden and the murders of her father and stepmother, crimes with which Borden was charged.… …

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  • 64Corot, (Jean-Baptiste-) Camille — born July 16, 1796, Paris, Fr. died Feb. 22, 1875, Paris French landscape painter. Born to prosperous parents, he proved unsuited to the family business and at age 25 was given a small allowance to pursue art training. He traveled frequently and… …

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  • 65LAWSON, Henry (1867-1922) — short story writer and poet was born in a tent near Grenfell, New South Wales, on 17 June 1867. His birth is officially registered as Henry Lawson, but his name has sometimes been given as Henry Herzberg Lawson, sometimes as Henry Archibald… …

    Dictionary of Australian Biography

  • 66Brechin —    BRECHIN, a burgh, market town, and parish, in the county of Forfar, 8 miles (W. by N.) from Montrose, and 66 (N. N. E.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the village of Trinity Muir, 7560 inhabitants, of whom 2986 are in the late East quoad… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 67pittance — pit·tance || pɪtÉ™ns n. small allowance, small financial stipend …

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  • 68pittances — pit·tance || pɪtÉ™ns n. small allowance, small financial stipend …

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  • 69pittance — /ˈpɪtns / (say pitns) noun 1. a small allowance or sum for living expenses: *But really, my dear Hugh, you must increase the pittance you have been expecting us to exist on. –katherine susannah prichard, 1929. 2. a scanty income or remuneration.… …

  • 70pit|tance — «PIHT uhns», noun. 1. a small allowance of money; very scanty wage or stipend: »a widow s pittance. She…contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life (Mary Shelley). 2. a small amount or share: »to retain at least a pittance of …

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