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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 652 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BROUGHAM , a four-wheeled closed

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CARRIAGE

carriage, seating two or more persons, and

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DRAWN

drawn by a single

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HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse or pair, or propelled by motor . The

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MODERN

modern " brougham " has

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DEVELOPED

developed and taken its name from the "

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ODD (in middle English odde, from old Norwegian oddi, an angle of a triangle; the old Norwegian oddamann is used of the third man who gives a casting vote in a dispute)

odd little

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KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of

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GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

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CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair " described by

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Moore, which the first

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Lord Brougham had made by a coachmaker to his own

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DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

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Yes "the beat goes on." Robert Patrick Brougham citizen of Canada living in the nation's capital, Ottawa. Born April 16th., 1933. Happy, hearty and healthy. Have a great day, One Day at a Time.

Now, as time moves on, one day at a time, I am living in Brockville Ontario, right across the St.Lawrence river from Ogdensburg NY. Y'all come, hear. That from my nine years in Louisiana.

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