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Basil I

British

noun

known as the Macedonian . died 886 _ad , Byzantine emperor (876–86): founder of the Macedonian dynasty

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“Are there any adders around the Mossflower region, Basil? I mean, if there were, then you’d be the very creature to know about them, being an expert and all that.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

If you must make excuses, Basil, I must ask no questions.

From Basil by Collins, Wilkie

Forsooth, no friend to me or mine Is that same Abbot Basil; I thought he wronged us by his greed.

From Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop

Basil, I could never bear him in that hat, and I must have gone for him!'

From Much Darker Days by Lang, Andrew

"Her brother—" "Oh, Basil, I know all about that."

From The Secret Passage by Hume, Fergus

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