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Jedediah Cleishbotham

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An imaginary editor in Scott's "Tales of My Landlord."

Johann Cochlaeus

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An able and bitter antagonist of Luther's; d. 1592.

Lucius Licinius Crassus

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The greatest Roman orator of his day, became consul 55 B.C.; during his consulship a law was passed requiring all but citizens to leave Rome, an edict which provoked the Social War (140-91 B.C.).

An old hero of the Roman republic, distinguished for the simplicity and austerity of his manners; was consul in 460 B.C., and on the defeat of a Roman army by the Aequi, called to the dictatorship ...

Luigi Cibrario

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An Italian historian and statesman, born at Turin; he held office under Charles Albert of Sardinia (1802-1870).

M.D. Combe Andrew

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A physician and physiologist, born in Edinburgh; studied under Spurzheim in Edinburgh and Paris, but on his return to his native city was seized with pulmonary consumption, which rendered him a ...