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  • 11Remonstration — Re mon*stra tion (r? m?n*str? sh?n), n. [Cf. OF. remonstration, LL. remonstratio.] The act of remonstrating; remonstrance. [R.] Todd. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12remonstrance — noun Date: 1585 1. an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance; especially a document formally stating such points 2. an act or instance of remonstrating …

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  • 17John Zephaniah Holwell — FRS (1711 1798) was an employee of the English East India Company, and a temporary Governor of Bengal (1760). He was also one of the first Europeans to study Indian antiquities. Holwell was a survivor of the Black Hole of Calcutta, June 1756, the …

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  • 18Bai Juyi — Names Chinese: 白居易 Pinyin: Bó Jūyì or Bái Jūyì Wade Giles: Po Chü i or Pai Chü i Zì 字 …

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  • 19Danny Baker — Born 22 June 1957 (1957 06 22) (age 54) Deptford, London, England Occupation …

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  • 20The Boscombe Valley Mystery — one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fourth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes . It was first published in the Strand Magazine in 1891.ynopsisSet in 1888, S …

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