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Kahn, Robert Elliot

(Encyclopedia) Kahn, Robert Elliot, 1938–, American computer scientist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., B.E.E. City College of New York, 1960, Ph.D. Princeton, 1964. With Vinton Cerf, he is responsible for the…

English horn

(Encyclopedia) CE5 English horn English horn, musical instrument, the alto of the oboe family, pitched a fifth lower than the oboe and treated as a transposing instrument. It has a pear-shaped…

Suzdal

(Encyclopedia) SuzdalSuzdals&oomacr;zˈdəl [key], city, central European Russia, NE Moscow. Its major industry is tourism. Founded c.1024 as a fortress town, it developed from the 11th to 12th…

Cale Young Rice: Chanson of the Bells of Osenèy

Chanson of the Bells of OsenèyThirteenth CenturyCale Young RiceThe bells of Osenèy (Hautclère, Doucement, Austyn) Chant sweetly every day, And sadly, for our sin. The bells of Osenèy (John,…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Peter Bell, Dedication

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Prologue Dedication To Thomas Brown, Esq., the Younger, H.F. Dear Tom, Allow me to request you to introduce Mr. Peter Bell to the respectable family of the Fudges.…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Peter Bell, Prologue

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Dedication Death Prologue Peter Bells, one, two and three, O'er the wide world wandering be.— First, the antenatal Peter, Wrapped in weeds of the same metre, The so-…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Peter Bell, Death

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Prologue The Devil Death And Peter Bell, when he had been With fresh-imported Hell-fire warmed, Grew serious—from his dress and mien 'Twas very plainly to be seen…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Peter Bell, The Devil

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Death Hell The Devil The Devil, I safely can aver, Has neither hoof, nor tail, nor sting; Nor is he, as some sages swear, A spirit, neither here nor there, In nothing—…