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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Song, Composed In Spring
by Robert Burns Inscribed On A Work Of Hannah More'sTo A Mountain Daisy,Song, Composed In Spring Tune-"Jockey's Grey Breeks." Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume…Goldilocks
GoldilocksAfter the last excitement peace descended upon Plumfield and reigned unbroken for several weeks, for the elder boys felt that the loss of Nan and Rob lay at their door, and all…Last Words
Last WordsThe next day was Sunday, and a goodly troop of young and old set forth to church.—some driving, some walking, all enjoying the lovely weather and the happy quietude which comes to…Guelphs
(Encyclopedia) GuelphsGuelphsgwĕlfs [key], European dynasty tracing its descent from the Swabian count Guelph or Welf (9th cent.), whose daughter Judith married the Frankish emperor Louis I. Guelph…Composition Day
Composition Day"Hurry up, boys, it's three o'clock, and Uncle Fritz likes us to be punctual, you know," said Franz one Wednesday afternoon as a bell rang, and a stream of literary-looking…Sforza
(Encyclopedia) SforzaSforzasfôrˈtsä [key], Italian family that ruled the duchy of Milan from 1450 to 1535. Rising from peasant origins, the Sforzas became condottieri and used this military position…Wittelsbach
(Encyclopedia) WittelsbachWittelsbachvĭˈtəlsbäkh [key], German dynasty that ruled Bavaria from 1180 until 1918. The family takes its name from the ancestral castle of Wittelsbach in Upper Bavaria. In…Este, Italian noble family
(Encyclopedia) EsteEsteĕsˈtā [key], Italian noble family, rulers of Ferrara (1240–1597) and of Modena (1288–1796) and celebrated patrons of the arts during the Renaissance. Probably of Lombard origin…Augereau, Pierre François Charles
(Encyclopedia) Augereau, Pierre François CharlesAugereau, Pierre François Charlespyĕr fräNswäˈ shärl ōzhərōˈ [key], 1757–1816, marshal of France. He fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic…Anne, British princess
(Encyclopedia) Anne (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise), 1950–, British princess, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh. She was educated at Benenden School. In 1973 she…Trending
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