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Browne

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Browne  (broun), Charles Farrar Pen name Artemus Ward (wôrd) 1834-1867.
American humorist who used backwoods characters and local dialect to comment on current events in his fictional tales of an itinerant showman.
Browne, Sir Thomas 1605-1682.
English physician and writer known for the richness of his prose in works such as Religio Medici (1642), an attempt to reconcile Christian faith with scientific knowledge.
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Noun1.BrowneBrowne - English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)
Hablot Knight Browne, Phiz
2.BrowneBrowne - United States writer of humorous tales of an itinerant showman (1834-1867)
Artemus Ward, Charles Farrar Browne


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Two days later he was much surprised to find a thin parcel on his breakfastplate, which, on being opened, revealed the very copy of Sir Thomas Browne which he had studied so intently in Rodney's rooms.
Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context
Browne had the kindness to ask me to stay the ensuing day, which I had much pleasure in doing.
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It must have been soon after the completion of 'Omoo' that Melville began to study the writings of Sir Thomas Browne.
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