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Besant
[ bez-uhnt buh-zant, older use bez-uhnt ]
noun
- Annie (Wood), 1847–1933, English theosophist.
- Sir Walter, 1836–1901, English novelist.
Besant
/ bɪˈzænt; ˈbɛzənt /
noun
- BesantAnnie18471933MBritishRELIGION: theosophistWRITING: writerPOLITICS: political reformer Annie , née Wood . 1847–1933, British theosophist, writer, and political reformer in England and India
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Good wine needs no bush, and the bush which Mr. Besant hangs out is a very small one.
Charles Darwin in one of his works relates a fact, which Mrs. Besant has quoted, in illustration of this.
After a few minutes' conversation he made way for Mrs. Besant.
According to Mrs. Besant this universal Church is simply the universal self.
Mrs. Besant and the two daughters of Mr. Bradlaugh are always accompanying him wherever he lectures in London.
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