Jowett
Americannoun
noun
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As the Victorian classicist Benjamin Jowett once said, “We have sought truth, and sometimes perhaps found it. But have we had any fun?”
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022
In The Dialogues of Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, 3rd ed., vol 3.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
"That part of the Yorkshire Dales has its own microclimate," said fellow investigator and former detective, Max Jowett.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2018
“The intention of the index is to start a conversation on this issue,” said Alice Jowett, One campaign’s education policy manager.
From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2017
Borrow adapted himself at once, and is congratulated by Jowett in a later communication upon the “truly Christian” spirit of his next letter.
From The Life of George Borrow by Shorter, Clement K.
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