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Jowett   /dʒˈaʊɪt/   Listen
Jowett

noun
1.
English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893).  Synonym: Benjamin Jowett.





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"Jowett" Quotes from Famous Books



... believed to have said, "A bishop without a sense of humor is lost." Perhaps that may have been one of the reasons why, by Jowett's advice, the See of Southminster was offered to its present occupant. The Bishop's mouth, though it spoke of an indomitable will, had a certain twist of the lip, his deep-set, benevolent eyes had a certain twinkle which made persons like Lord Newhaven and Hester ...
— Red Pottage • Mary Cholmondeley


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