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Stevens [ˈstiːvənz] n
1. (Biographies / Stevens, Thaddeus (1792-1868) M, US, POLITICS: politician) Thaddeus (ˈθædɪəs). 1792-1868, US Radical Republican politician. An opponent of slavery, he supported Reconstruction and entered the resolution calling for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson 2. (Biographies / Stevens, Wallace (1879-1955) M, US, WRITING: poet) Wallace. 1879-1955, US poet, whose books include the collections Harmonium (1923), The Man with the Blue Guitar (1937), and Transport to Summer (1947) ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Stevens is an agreeable writer, and, as is the case with men of talent, his gifts adorn his sterling soundness. In one chamber lay Julia Margovan, hours dead by poison; in another John Stevens, bleeding from a pistol wound in the chest, inflicted by his own hand. Anatole kept on refilling Pierre's glass while explaining that Dolokhov was betting with Stevens, an English naval officer, that he would drink a bottle of rum sitting on the outer ledge of the third floor window with his legs hanging out. |
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