Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 388
hus a man magnapersona (literally of greatperson ) was some one ofrank and importance, andthis sense of it prevailedduring the middle ages, andstill exists, down to thisday. At last came the final meaning, born sometime in themiddle ages, of what we call a person, an individual. In the medieval… … A SKETCH FROM MEMORY. AGE THE STORY OF A WORD. BY CONSTANCE FULLER (AGE l6). Every one is familiar with the little black picturesthat we know as silhouettes, but few of those whouse the word know that they are named in ridicule of aFrench statesman, Ltienne Silhouette. He had chargeof the money…
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