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2015 People in the News See also 2014 People in the News 2013 People in the News 2012 People in the News 2011 People in the News 2010 People in the News 2009 People in…William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 2), Act I, Scene III
Scene IIIThe palaceEnter three or four Petitioners, Peter, the Armourer's man, being oneFirst PetitionerMy masters, let's stand close: my lord protector will come this way by and by, and then…Henry LAURENS, Congress, SC (1724-1792)
LAURENS, Henry, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., March 6, 1724; received his early education in Charleston; went to England in 1744 to acquire a business education;…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Scene from 'Tasso'
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Lines Written among the Euganean HillsSong for 'Tasso'Scene from 'Tasso' Composed, 1818. Published by Dr. Garnett, "Relics of Shelley", 1862. Maddalo, a courtier…George Washington Biography
George WashingtonBorn: 2/22/1732Birthplace: Westmoreland County, Va. George Washington was born on Feb. 22, 1732 (Feb. 11, 1731/2, old style) in Westmoreland County, Va. While in his teens,…Wilde, Oscar
(Encyclopedia) Wilde, Oscar (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde), 1854–1900, Irish author and wit, b. Dublin. He is most famous for his sophisticated, brilliantly witty plays, which were the first…Alfred Lord Tennyson: The Lover's Tale
The Lover's Tale Sometimes I thought Camilla was no more, Some one had told me she was dead, and ask'd me If I would see her burial: then I seem'd To rise, and thro' the forest-shadow…William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 2), Dramatis Personae
Dramatis PersonaeKing Henry the SixthHumphrey, Duke of Gloucester, his uncle. Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King.Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York. His…William Shakespeare: Richard III, Dramatis Personae
Dramatis PersonaeKing Edward The FourthSons to the King.Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward V.Richard, Duke of York Brothers to the King.George, Duke of ClarenceRichard, Duke of…Brewer's: Bucca
A goblin of the wind, supposed by the ancient inhabitants of Cornwall to foretell shipwrecks. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Buccaneer'Bubble A B C D E…