Gonne
Americannoun
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Mr. Gonne said he identified as a libertarian, and did not vote for Mr. Nunes.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2018
He spent decades in love with the Irish nationalist and proto-feminist Maud Gonne; after she rejected his marriage proposal for a final time, he shifted his attention to her daughter.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2015
Bibhu Mohapatra looked to the dynamics between poet William Butler Yeats and Maud Gonne.
From Forbes • Feb. 10, 2015
Maud Gonne played a public role in the struggle for Irish independence, but her life also included private tragedy.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2015
I had in my head a project to reconcile old and new that gave Maud Gonne and myself many stirring conversations upon journeys by rail to meetings in Scotland, in Dublin, or in the Midlands.
From The Trembling of the Veil by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
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