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Heyse

American  
[hahy-zuh] / ˈhaɪ zə /

noun

  1. Paul (Johann von) 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.


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Jeff Heyse, spokesman for the Galveston Police Department, which is reviewing two of the unsolved murders, said he found it “interesting” that Bell wants immunity when he is already serving a life sentence.

From Washington Post Sep. 29, 2011

“We’re looking at where we can go from here,” Heyse said.

From Washington Post Sep. 29, 2011

Respecting this use of the term outside of the Lutheran Church, compare also Worcester's Dictionary; Cyclopedia, Harper and Brothers, 1894; Century Dictionary, 1906; Heyse, Fremdwoerterbuch; etc.

From American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) by F. (Friedrich) Bente

Many of his verses have been excellently translated into German by Paul Heyse.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

Nor have I scrupled to forsake the ancient quantity in proper names; following Heyse, I have made the first syllable of Verona short in xxxv.

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Robinson Ellis

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