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British Aristides

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Name applied to Andrew Marvell from his corresponding incorruptible integrity in life and poverty at death.

Britomart

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Is a lady knight in the "Faerie Queene," representing chastity with a resistless magic spear.

Britannia

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A name for Britain as old as the days of Caesar, and inhabited by Celts, as Gaul also was.

British Lion

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The name given to John Bull when roused by opposition.

Britannicus

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The son of Claudius and Messalina, poisoned by Nero.

Charles Farrar Browne

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A humorist and satirist, known by the pseudonym of "Artemus Ward," born in Maine, U.S.; his first literary effort was as "showman" to an imaginary travelling menagerie; travelled over America ...

Charles de Bourbon

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Styled the Constable de Bourbon, acquired immense wealth by the death of an elder brother and by his marriage, and lived in royal state; was for his daring in the field named Constable of France by ...

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