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Richard Burton

noun

English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890). Synonyms: Burton, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton.

Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984). Synonym: Burton.

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... to Anne. [Richard Burton] After a Dolmetsch Concert. [Arthur Upson] Agamede's Song. [Arthur Upson] As I came down from Lebanon. [Clinton Scollard] As in the Midst of Battle there is Room. [George Santayana] The Ashes in the Sea. [George Sterling] At Gibraltar. [George Edward ...

— The Little Book of Modern Verse • Jessie B. Rittenhouse

... peculiar to many other peoples. What these discoveries or grounds of belief are I shall proceed to give briefly, my limits not permitting the detailed citation of authorities. First, then, there appears to be every reason for believing with Captain Richard Burton that the Jats of Northwestern India furnished so large a proportion of the emigrants or exiles who, from the tenth century, went out of India westward, that there is very little risk in assuming it ...

— The Gypsies • Charles G. Leland

... (by Richard Burton) 1821-1881 Extracts from Amiel's Journal: Christ's Real Message Duty Joubert Greeks vs. Moderns Nature, and Teutonic and Scandinavian Poetry Training of ...

— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 • Charles Dudley Warner

Words linked to "Richard Burton" : adventurer, Burton, thespian, actor, role player, player, Sir Richard Francis Burton, histrion, explorer