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Junius

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Junius [ˈdʒuːnjəs]
n
(Biographies / Junius (18th century-18th century) M, English, POLITICS: political writer) pen name of the anonymous author of a series of letters (1769-72) attacking the ministries of George III of England: now generally believed to have been written by Sir Philip Francis
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" I had the honour to have much conversation with Brutus; and was told, "that his ancestor Junius, Socrates, Epaminondas, Cato the younger, Sir Thomas More, and himself were perpetually together:" a sextumvirate, to which all the ages of the world cannot add a seventh.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
I clearly concur in opinion, in this particular, with a writer whom the celebrated Junius pronounces to be "deep, solid, and ingenious," that "the executive power is more easily confined when it is ONE";[2] that it is far more safe there should be a single object for the jealousy and watchfulness of the people; and, in a word, that all multiplication of the Executive is rather dangerous than friendly to liberty.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
It was in 1655 that Junius published the so-called Caedmon Manuscript, and Milton, who was so great a student, no doubt heard of it and found some one to read it to him.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
 
 
 
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