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 Mus’cadins of Paris.Muses. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Muscular Christianity.
 
Healthy or strong-minded religion, which braces a man to fight the battle of life bravely and manfully. This expression has been erroneously attributed to Charles Kingsley. (See his Life, ii. 74, 75.)   1
 


 Mus’cadins of Paris.Muses. 

 
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