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Dickinson

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Dick·in·son  (dkn-sn), Emily Elizabeth 1830-1886.
American poet who was virtually a recluse at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she wrote more than a thousand verses infused with emotional depth and subtlety. The first volume of her poetry was not published until 1890.
Dickinson, John 1732-1808.
American Revolutionary politician and pamphleteer who became the leading conservative voice of opposition to Great Britain through his Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (1767-1768).
Dickinson [ˈdɪkɪnsən]
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(Biographies / Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) F, US, WRITING: poet) Emily. 1830-86, US poet, noted for her short mostly unrhymed mystical lyrics
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Noun1.DickinsonDickinson - United States poet noted for her mystical and unrhymed poems (1830-1886)
Emily Dickinson


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And at this point Bishop Dickinson arose, and with an expression of disgust on his face, fled from the platform and the hall.
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This draft was prepared by John Dickinson, then a delegate from Pennsylvania, who voted against the Declaration of Independence, and never signed it, having been superseded by a new election of delegates from that State, eight days after his draft was reported.
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