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Greene

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Greene  (grn), (Henry) Graham 1904-1991.
British writer particularly known for his novels, such as The Power and the Glory (1940), which reflect his ardent Catholic beliefs.

Greene, Nathanael 1742-1786.
American Revolutionary general whose strategies significantly weakened British strength in the South.

Greene [griːn]
n
1. (Biographies / Greene, Graham (1904-1991) M, English, WRITING: novelist, THEATRE: dramatist) Graham. 1904-91, English novelist and dramatist; his works include the novels Brighton Rock (1938), The Power and the Glory (1940), The End of the Affair (1951), and Our Man in Havana (1958), and the film script The Third Man (1949)
2. (Biographies / Greene, Robert (?1558-1592) M, English, WRITING: poet, THEATRE: dramatist, WRITING: writer) Robert. ?1558-92, English poet, dramatist, and prose writer, noted for his autobiographical tract A Groatsworth of Wit bought with a Million of Repentance (1592), which contains an attack on Shakespeare
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Noun1.GreeneGreene - English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991)


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The next morning, when in the presence of the whole brigade Private Greene was shot to death by a squad of his comrades, Lieutenant Dudley turned his back upon the sorry performance and muttered a prayer for mercy, in which himself was included.
sez I to Scrub Greene - the manest little worm that ever walked.
"And yet all are not so," said Julia, "I hardly know what you mean by a hero; if you mean such men as Washington, Greene, or Warren, all are surely not so.
 
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