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  • 21Thick — Thick, n. 1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. [1913 Webster] In the thick of the dust and smoke. Knolles. [1913 Webster] 2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] Drayton. [1913 Webster] Through the thick they heard one… …

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  • 22Thick-and-thin block — Thick Thick, n. 1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. [1913 Webster] In the thick of the dust and smoke. Knolles. [1913 Webster] 2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] Drayton. [1913 Webster] Through the thick they heard… …

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  • 23Through thick and thin — Thick Thick, n. 1. The thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest. [1913 Webster] In the thick of the dust and smoke. Knolles. [1913 Webster] 2. A thicket; as, gloomy thicks. [Obs.] Drayton. [1913 Webster] Through the thick they heard… …

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  • 24Alfonso V of Aragon — Infobox Spanish Royalty|monarch name =Alphonse V title =King of Aragon, Majorca, Naples, Sicily and Valencia; Count of Barcelona caption =Portrait of Alfonso V of Aragon, by Vicente Juan Masip spouse =Maria of Castile succession =King of Aragon,… …

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  • 25Maxentius — 58th Emperor of the Roman Empire Bust of Maxentius. Reign 28 October 306 – 28 October 312 (in competition with …

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  • 26Panegyric — A panegyric is a formal public speech, or (in later use) written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing, a generally highly studied and discriminating eulogy, not expected to be critical. It is derived from Greek meaning a speech… …

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  • 27Gordian Knot — For other uses, see Gordian Knot (disambiguation). Alexander cuts the Gordian Knot, by Jean Simon Berthélemy (1743–1811) The Gordian Knot is a legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor …

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  • 28Allectus — Infobox Roman emperor name =Allectus full name= title=Emperor of the Britannic Empire caption =Allectus on a coin, with a galley on the reverse. reign =293 6 predecessor =Carausius successor =None spouse 1 = spouse 2 = issue = dynasty = father =… …

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  • 29Farid ad-Din Attar — Infobox Writer name = Attar imagesize = 180px caption = Attar s statue beside his mausoleum, Nishapur, Iran (20th century made) pseudonym = birthdate = 1145 birthplace = Nishapur (city), Iran deathdate = c.1220 deathplace = occupation = Persian… …

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  • 30Heinrich von Treitschke — Heinrich Gotthard von Treitschke (September 15, 1834 ndash; April 28, 1896) was a nationalist German historian and political writer during the time of the German Empire.Early life and teaching careerTreitschke was born in Dresden. He was the son… …

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