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Sir Richard Burton   /sər rˈɪtʃərd bˈərtən/   Listen
Sir Richard Burton

noun
1.
English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890).  Synonyms: Burton, Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton.






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"Sir Richard Burton" Quotes from Famous Books



... enchanted realm that rises o'er "the foam of perilous seas in faery lands forlorn." What craft can sail those perilous seas like the book that has been called a great three-decker to carry tired people to Islands of the Blest? "The immortal fragment," says Sir Richard Burton, who perhaps knew the Arabian Nights as did no other European, "will never be superseded in the infallible judgment of childhood. The marvellous imaginativeness of the Tales produces an insensible brightness of mind and an increase of fancy-power, making one dream that behind them ...
— The Arabian Nights - Their Best-known Tales • Unknown



Words linked to "Sir Richard Burton" :   adventurer, Richard Burton, explorer



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