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Amberger

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A painter of Nürnberg in the 16th century, a disciple of Holbein, his principal work being the history of Joseph in twelve pictures.

Aldershot

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A permanent camp, established in 1855, for instruction in military manoeuvres, on a moorland 35 m. SW. of London.

Joseph Andrews

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A novel by Fielding, and the name of the hero, who is a footman, and the brother of Richardson's Pamela.

Abipones

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A once powerful warlike race in La Plata, now nearly all absorbed.

Agades

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A once important depôt of trade in the S. of the Sahara, much decayed.

Anwari

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A Persian lyric poet who flourished in the 12th century.

Alpheus

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A river in the Peloponnesus, flowing west, with its source in Arcadia; also the name of the river-god enamoured of the nymph Arethusa, and who pursued her under the sea as far as Sicily, where he ...

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