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Smyth

[ smahyth ]

noun

  1. Dame Ethel Mary, 1858–1944, English writer, composer, and suffragist.


Smyth

/ smaɪð /

noun

  1. SmythEthel (Mary)18581944FBritishMUSIC: composerPOLITICS: suffragist Dame Ethel ( Mary ). 1858–1944, British composer, best known for her operas, such as The Wreckers (1906). She was imprisoned for supporting the suffragette movement


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“Anecdotally I can tell you that the take-up rate is fairly small,” said Smyth.

But when Milchan emphasized that he could supply him with all of the orders he could possibly handle, Smyth agreed.

And so on January 19, 1973, Smyth officially registered Milco in Orange County, Calif., and got his new business under way.

Dvora asked what information Smyth had divulged about her boss, along with any other activities he might have unveiled.

“We hurried to board the aircraft,” Smyth recalled in the book.

A minute ago I would have sworn it was Smyth; but to tell the truth, I never gave any attention to such details of business.

When two Puritan regiments advanced on Hinksey, Mr. Smyth blazed away at them from his house.

Lieutenant Smyth was described by a Times correspondent as "a short, ruddy, smiling officer lad, with merry gray eyes."

Smyth preached at Gainsborough from 1602 to 1606, when he was driven into exile.

Smyth mentions Rigel as a test for a 4-inch aperture, with powers of from 80 to 120.

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