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Raffles Sir Thomas Stamford. 1781--1826, British colonial administrator: founded Singapore (1819) as a station for the British East India Company Raffles leading Victorian criminal-hero. [Br. Lit.: Herman, 19–20] See : Thievery How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Raffles was a villain, when all is written; it is no service to his memory to glaze the fact; yet I have done so myself before to-day. As Rigg pronounced the last words he turned round and looked at Raffles with his prominent frozen eyes. Raffles himself had merely discarded his dining jacket for one of his innumerable blazers. |
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