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1. Michael. 1890--1922, Irish republican revolutionary: a leader of Sinn Féin; member of the Irish delegation that negotiated the treaty with Great Britain (1921) that established the Irish Free State
2. (William) Wilkie. 1824--89, British author, noted particularly for his suspense novel The Moonstone (1868)
3. William. 1721--59, British poet, noted for his odes; regarded as a precursor of romanticism


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Quick as Michael was, slashing South Sea niggers by virtue of his quickness and cleverness, he could not touch his teeth to the flesh of this man, who had been trained for six years with animals by Harris Collins.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
It was not with me then, as it was in later life, when I fell into the society of the Passions, and compared them with Collins and Wopsle, rather to the disadvantage of both gentlemen.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
I had already bought the shanty of James Collins, an Irishman who worked on the Fitchburg Railroad, for boards.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
 
 
 
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