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William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act V, Scene II

Scene IIFrance. A royal palaceEnter, at one door King Henry, Exeter, Bedford, Gloucester, Warwick, Westmoreland, and other Lords; at another, the French King, Queen Isabel, the Princess…

South African War

(Encyclopedia) South African War or Boer War, 1899–1902, war of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State against Great Britain. The Boers accepted British sovereignty in…

Rhode Island, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Rhode Island, smallest state in the United States, located in New England; bounded by Massachusetts (N and E), the Atlantic Ocean (S), and Connecticut (W). Until well into…

William Shakespeare: Richard III, Act I

Act IScene ILondon. A streetEnter Gloucester, solusGloucesterNow is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the…

William Shakespeare: Richard III, Act II

Act IIScene ILondon. The palaceFlourish. Enter King Edward IV sick, Queen Elizabeth, Dorset, Rivers, Hastings, Buckingham, Grey, and othersKing Edward IVWhy, so: now have I done a good day's…

Henry VI, king of England

(Encyclopedia) Henry VI, 1421–71, king of England (1422–61, 1470–71). Henry was a mild, honest, and pious man, a patron of literature and the arts and the founder of Eton College (1440). He was,…

William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 1), Act I

Act IScene IWestminster AbbeyDead March. Enter the Funeral of King Henry the Fifth, attended on by Dukes of Bedford, Regent of France; Gloucester, Protector; and Exeter, Earl of Warwick, the…

William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 2), Act IV

Act IVScene IThe coast of KentAlarum. Fight at sea. Ordnance goes off. Enter a Captain, a Master, a Master's-mate, Walter Whitmore, and others; with them Suffolk, and others,…

Brewer's: Dog

This long article is subdivided into eleven parts: 1. Dogs of note. 2. Dogs of noted persons. 3. Dogs models of their species. 4. Dogs in phrases. 5. Dogs used metaphorically, etc. 6. Dogs…