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proper noun

James n.

William James, an American psychologist and philosopher (1842-1910). He was the brother of Henry James.

Synonyms: William James.

Henry James, an American novelist and critic, born 1843, died 1916. He was the brother of William James.

Synonyms: Henry James.

Saint James the Apostle, a disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of The Epistle of James in the New Testament.

Synonyms: Saint James, St. James, Saint James the Apostle.

The James River, a tributary of the Missouri River.

Synonyms: James River.

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"James" Quotes from Famous Books

... by now on wider scenes, and whose voices have died away on that wind upon which all voices sink from hearing at last. I sometimes wonder whether in imagination they all troop back at the twilight hour: Hubert to cuddle up in the wing-chair; James to stretch out on the hearth-rug; Veronica and little Eve to nurse their dolls and gaze through the nursery window half fearfully at the striding dusk, or to listen to the tap upon the panes of flying leaves when the great winds rise. Where is ...

— The Faery Tales of Weir • Anna McClure Sholl

... the advantage of being able to watch every step the Nipe makes, and we know the materials he's been using to work with. But, even so, the scientists are baffled by many of them. Can you imagine the time James Clerk Maxwell would have had trying to build a modern television ...

— Anything You Can Do ... • Gordon Randall Garrett

... "James," it says, simply and directly, "she has brought you a present, and she is afraid that you will not care ...

— Nancy - A Novel • Rhoda Broughton

... Monroe's valued Secretary of State, though she died, "seventy-four years young," before he became President. She could not, in any station, be more truly a lady than when she made soap and chopped kindling on her Braintree farm. At Braintree she was no more simply modest than at the Court of St. James or in the Executive Mansion. Her letters exactly reflect her ardent, sincere, energetic nature. She shows a charming delight when her husband tells her that his affairs could not possibly be better managed ...

— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 • Charles Dudley Warner

... Sir James Matthew Barrie, one of the best loved of contemporary novelists and dramatists, was born in 1860 in Kirriemuir, Scotland. His formal education was completed at Edinburgh University. And although his mature life has been spent largely in England, his stories reflect the village ...

— Short Stories of Various Types • Various

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