DIMITRIJ VASILIEVICH GRIGOROVICH
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Definitions of DIMITRIJ VASILIEVICH GRIGOROVICH
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A Russian novelist and prose-writer; born in Simbirsk, March 31, 1822. He began life as a civil engineer. His first stories, "The Village" and "Anton the Unfortunate", achieved wide popularity. "A Failure in Life", "The Fishers", and "The Emigrants", are realistic stories of village life which rank him among the first of Russian novelists. Died 1900.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].
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