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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Absent Man (The).
 
The character of Bruyère’s Absent Man, translated in the Spectator and exhibited on the stage, is a caricature of Comte de Brancas.   1
 


 Ab’sent.Ab’solute. 

 
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