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Brewer's: Rococo Architecture
A debased style, which succeeded the revival of Italian architecture, and very prevalent in Germany. The ornamentation is without principle or taste, and may be designated ornamental…Brewer's: Mausoleum
One of the seven “wonders of the world;” so called from Mausolus, King of Caria, to whom Artemisia (his wife) erected at Halicarnassos a splendid sepulchral monument B.C. 353. Parts of…Brewer's: Measure for Measure
(Shakespeare). The story is taken from a tale in G. Whetstone'sHeptameron, entitled Promos and Cassandra (1578). Promos is called by Shakespeare, “Lord Angelo;” and Cassandra is “Isabella…Brewer's: Moses' Horns
Exodus xxxiv. 30, “All the children of Israel saw Moses, and the skin of his face shone, ” translated in the Vulgate, “Cornuta esset facies sua.” Rays of light were called horns. Hence in…23rd Lambda Literary Awards
The 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards are for books published in 2010. Bisexual Fiction: The Lunatic, the Lover…Entertainment News from September 2000
2Jean Speegle Howard, an actress and the mother of Ron Howard, dies at age 73. She appeared in Matilda and Ron's film Apollo 13. 3Will & Grace's Debra Messing marries screenwriter Daniel…Year in Review 2001 | Music
By Kevin O'Hare Categories Best ArtistBest TrendHot ShotsAlbum of the YearNational SpiritBritney...Exhausted ArtistsLegendsRelated Links Recordings of 2001Music AwardsEntertainment…Brewer's: Learn
(1 syl.). Live and learn. Cato, the censor, was an old man when he taught himself Greek. Michael Angelo, at seventy years of age, said, “I am still learning.” John Kemble wrote out Hamlet…Brewer's: Stigmata
Impressions on certain persons of marks corresponding to some or all of the wounds received by our Saviour in His trial and crucifixion. The following claim to have been so stigmatised: (1…2008 Men's Track & Field
Event Time 100m Usain Bolt, Jamaica 9.69 Richard Thompson, Trinidad and Tobago 9.89 Walter Dix, USA 9.91 200m Usain Bolt, Jamaica 19.30…Trending
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