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Definition of Artemus Ward
1. Noun. United States writer of humorous tales of an itinerant showman (1834-1867).
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Literary usage of Artemus Ward
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE ("Artemus Ward") THE MORMONS [Lecture by Charles F. Browne—"
Artemus Ward "—humorist (born in Waterford, Maine, April 26, 1834; ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE (Artemus Ward) ... his pen-name of Artemus Ward, was born
in the little village of Waterford, Maine, on the 26th day of April, 1834. ..."
3. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"Charles Farrar Browne (Artemus Ward). A TRAGIC STORY THERE lived a sage in days
of yore, And he a handsome pigtail wore; But wondered much and sorrowed more ..."
4. Old Friends: Being Literary Recollections of Other Days by William Winter (1914)
"ARTEMUS WAED Rose, as might have been expected, was cordially sympathetic with
the American humorist Artemus Ward, and he was foremost in greeting him, ..."
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