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Repplier

American  
[rep-leer] / ˈrɛp lɪər /

noun

  1. Agnes, 1855–1950, U.S. essayist.


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Other women had been so honored before: Eliza Allen Starr for art criticism; Agnes Repplier for essays; Christian Reed for novels; Katherine E. Con way for poetry.

From Time Magazine Archive

Agnes Repplier does her best to humanize this factual account of missionary activity but admits finally: "Mere Marie was fundamentally humorless."

From Time Magazine Archive

Last woman admitted was Agnes Repplier, 73, author and Laetare Medalist, in 1928.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Repplier could not be disputatious if she would.

From Time Magazine Archive

Agnes Repplier, writing on Humor, speaks of "those beloved writers whom we hold to be humorists because they have made us laugh."

From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)