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Absent Man (The)

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The character of Bruyère’s Absent Man, translated in the Spectator and exhibited on the stage, is a caricature of Comte de Brancas.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Abraxas Stones
Abreast
Abridge
Abroach
Abroad
Abrogate
Absalom
Absalom and Achitophel
Abscond
Absent
Absent Man (The)
Absolute
Absquatulate
Abstemious
Abstract Numbers
Abstraction
Absurd
Abudah
Abundant Number (An)
Abus
Abyla