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Grahame [ˈgreɪəm] n
(Biographies / Grahame, Kenneth (1859-1932) M, Scottish, WRITING: children's author) Kenneth. 1859-1932, Scottish author, noted for the children's classic The Wind in the Willows (1908) ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"The better our opportunity," Grahame answered vigorously. Seeing him grow weary a third traitor, the King's greatest enemy, Robert Grahame, leaped down too into the vault, "with a horrible and mortal weapon in his hand, and therewithal he smote him through the body, and therewithal the good King fell down. Their chief, Macgregor of Macgregor, was in exile; the more immediate leader of that part of them about Balquhidder, James More, Rob Roy's eldest son, lay waiting his trial in Edinburgh Castle; they were in ill-blood with Highlander and Lowlander, with the Grahames, the Maclarens, and the Stewarts; and Alan, who took up the quarrel of any friend, however distant, was extremely wishful to avoid them. |
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