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Word: nabobs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Some 30 years ago young Novelist E. M. Forster sat with his friend, Philosopher Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, in the palace of the Maharaja of Chhatarpur and heard the nabob cry: "Tell me, Mr. Dickinson, where is God? Can Herbert Spencer lead me to him, or should I prefer George Henry Lewes? Oh when will Krishna come and be my friend? Oh Mr. Dickinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Forster and the Human Fact | 8/9/1943 | See Source »

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