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Mata Hari Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and Models Literary…James, Saint (St. James the Less)
(Encyclopedia) James, Saint, in the Bible, one of the Twelve Apostles, called St. James the Less or St. James the Little. He was the son of Alphaeus; his mother, Mary, was one of those at the cross…Great Mother Goddess
(Encyclopedia) Great Mother Goddess, in ancient Middle Eastern religions, mother goddess, the great symbol of the earth's fertility. She was worshiped under many names and attributes. Similar figures…mother-of-pearl
(Encyclopedia) mother-of-pearl or nacrenacrenāˈkər [key], the iridescent substance that forms the lining of the shells of some fresh-water and some salt-water mollusks. Like the pearl it is a…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Queen Mab Book 9
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 8 Notes on Queen Mab 9 'O happy Earth! reality of Heaven! To which those restless souls that ceaselessly Throng through the human universe, aspire; Thou consummation…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Queen Mab Book 5
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 4 6 5 'Thus do the generations of the earth Go to the grave, and issue from the womb, Surviving still the imperishable change That renovates the world; even as the…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Queen Mab Book 8
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 7 9 8 THE FAIRY: 'The Present and the Past thou hast beheld: It was a desolate sight. Now, Spirit, learn The secrets of the Future.—Time! Unfold the brooding pinion of…Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
(Encyclopedia) Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815–1902, American reformer, a leader of the woman-suffrage movement, b. Johnstown, N.Y. She was educated at the Troy Female Seminary (now Emma Willard School…Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
(Encyclopedia) Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806–61, English poet, b. Durham. A delicate and precocious child, she spent a great part of her early life in a state of semi-invalidism. She read…Sweden: Kings and Queens
Kings and Queens Karl XII (1697–1718) Ulrica Eleonora (1719–1720) Fredrik I (1720–1751) Adolf Fredrik (1751–1771) Gustaf III (1771–1792) Gustaf IV Adolf (1792–1809) Karl XIII (1809–1818)…Trending
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