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Brocket

noun
1.
Small South American deer with unbranched antlers.
2.
Male red deer in its second year.





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"Brocket" Quotes from Famous Books



... back to Melbourne House, wrote her the letter printed above, and, as she herself admits, kept the secret. In December, 1812, Lady Caroline burned Byron in effigy, with "his book, ring, and chain," at Brocket Hall. The lines which she wrote for the ceremony are preserved in Mrs. Leigh's handwriting, and given ...
— The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals, Volume 2. • Lord Byron
... wrong to be impatient and to repine at everything, but still it is difficult not to be so. Lady Uxbridge's death[9] is a shocking event, a dreadful loss to him and to all. Lord Melbourne always liked her. Lord Melbourne is going down to Brocket Hall to-morrow, and will try to get Uxbridge and the girls to come ...
— The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853 • Queen Victoria
... declivity leads up to the old church, dedicated to St. Etheldreda, just outside one of the entrances to the grounds of Hatfield House. The church contains a monument to Sir Robert Cecil, first Earl of Salisbury, also tombs of the Botelers, Brockets, and Reads of Brocket Hall. ...
— What to See in England • Gordon Home


Words linked to "Brocket" :   cervid, wapiti, American elk, deer, Cervus elaphus, elk, Mazama, red deer, genus Mazama


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