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Mandeville

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Mandeville (man`də vil), town (1991 pop. 39,945), C Jamaica, at an altitude of c.2,000 ft (610 m). Mandeville is an inland resort town known for its cool climate and quiet, English character.
Mandeville
1. Bernard de. ?1670--1733, English author, born in Holland, noted for his satire The Fable of the Bees (1723)
2. Sir John. 14th century, English author of The Travels of Sir John Mandeville. The book claims to be an account of the author's journeys in the East but is largely a compilation from other works
Mandeville
supposed author of an exaggerated travelogue. [Br. Lit.: Voyage of Sir John Mandeville, Harvey, 511]
See : Humbuggery
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We use story-teller in two senses, and when we speak of Sir John Mandeville we use it in both.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
This is the highly entertaining 'Voyage and Travels of Sir John Mandeville.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
These things I know for very sooth, for I had them from that pious Christian and valiant knight, Sir John de Mandeville, who stopped twice at Beaulieu on his way to and from Southampton, and discoursed to us concerning what he had seen from the reader's desk in the refectory, until there was many a good brother who got neither bit nor sup, so stricken were they by his strange tales.
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