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  • 91Protestant views of Mary — include theological positions of major Protestant representatives such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, but also some modern representatives. While it is difficult to generalize about the place of Mary in Protestantism given the great diversity of… …

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  • 92Protestant views on Mary — A series of articles on mother of Jesus Chronology Presentation of Mary Annunciation · Visitation · Virgin Birth · N …

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  • 93Oliver Wakefield — (b. 29 May 1909, Mahlabitini, Zululand, South Africa; d. 30 June 1956, New York, USA), known as The Voice of Inexperience was a popular British actor and comedian active from the 1930s until his death in 1956 known for his idiosyncratic satirical …

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  • 94linguistic philosophy — A not entirely happy name for the philosophical method of taking language, rather than what the language ostensibly concerns, as the primary datum. Rather than studying numbers, or space and time, or the mind, the philosopher distinctively… …

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  • 95semantic ascent — See formal/material mode of speech …

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  • 96use/mention distinction — The distinction between using a word, such as ‘cat’, to talk about cats, and mentioning the word, as one would if pointing out that ‘cat’ has three letters. The distinction becomes important when the possibility of mistaking use and mention… …

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  • 97FOX, GEORGE —    the first of the Quakers, born at Drayton, Leicestershire; son of a poor weaver, and till his twentieth year plied the trade of a shoemaker; conceived, as he drudged at this task, that he had a call from above to withdraw from the world and… …

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  • 98accents — n. pl. Language, words, tones, expressions, utterances, mode of speech …

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  • 99circumlocution — n. Periphrasis, periphrase, circuit or compass of words, indirect expression, roundabout mode of speech, involved expression …

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  • 100expression — n. 1. Squeezing out, pressing out. 2. Utterance, declaration, assertion, statement. 3. Phrase, term, form of words, mode of speech. 4. Look, cast of countenance, play of features. 5. General tone, pervading effect, pervasive feeling. 6. Lively… …

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