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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Queen Mab Book 1

by Percy Bysshe Shelley To Harriet ***** 2 1 How wonderful is Death, Death and his brother Sleep! One, pale as yonder waning moon With lips of lurid blue; The other, rosy as the morn When…

1980 Academy Awards

The 1980 Academy Awards were presented March 31, 1981 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureCoal Miner's Daughter, Bernard Schwartz, producer (Universal)The Elephant Man…

America's Cup Record

First race in 1851 around Isle of Wight, Cowes, England. First defense and all others through 1920 held 30 miles off New York Bay. Races since 1930 held 30…

Kennedy, Joseph Patrick

(Encyclopedia) Kennedy, Joseph Patrick, 1888–1969, U.S. ambassador to Great Britain (1937–40), b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1912. The founder of an American dynasty, he was the father of nine children,…

Caesar

(Encyclopedia) CaesarCaesarsēˈzər [key], ancient Roman patrician family of the Julian gens. There are separate articles on its two most distinguished members, Julius Caesar and Augustus. Another…

Hassan

(Encyclopedia) HassanHassanhäsänˈ [key], d. 1894, sultan of Morocco (1873–94). He brought the weak and disorganized country firmly under his control and held in check attempts by European powers at…

Lucy, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Lucy, Saint, d. 304?, Sicilian virgin martyr. According to legend, at an early age she vowed herself to God. She rejected a pagan suitor, who then denounced her during the persecutions…

Cleveland Heights

(Encyclopedia) Cleveland Heights, city (2020 pop. 45,312), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a residential suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1903. It is known for its…

Didymus of Alexandria

(Encyclopedia) Didymus of Alexandria, d. c.396, Greek grammarian and theologian, also called Didymus the Blind. His treatise On the Holy Ghost was translated by St. Jerome, who studied briefly with…