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(Encyclopedia) bluestocking, derisive term originally applied to certain 18th-century women with pronounced literary interests. During the 1750s, Elizabeth Vesey held evening parties, at which the…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Queen Mab Book 4
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 3 5 4 'How beautiful this night! the balmiest sigh, Which vernal zephyrs breathe in evening's ear, Were discord to the speaking quietude That wraps this moveless scene…Elizabethan style
(Encyclopedia) Elizabethan styleElizabethan styleĭlĭzˌəbēˈthən [key], in architecture and the decorative arts, a transitional style of the English Renaissance, which took its name from Queen…Stuart, James, earl of Arran
(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, James, earl of ArranStuart or Stewart, James, earl of Arranârˈən [key], d. 1595, Scottish nobleman. He spent his early years as a soldier of fortune fighting in the…Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer
(Encyclopedia) Peabody, Elizabeth PalmerPeabody, Elizabeth Palmerpēˈbädē, –bədē [key], 1804–94, American educator, lecturer, and reformer, b. Billerica, Mass. The Peabody family moved (c.1809) to…Zuccaro
(Encyclopedia) ZuccaroZuccarots&oomacr;kˈkärō [key], ZuccariZuccarots&oomacr;kˈkärē [key], or ZuccheroZuccarots&oomacr;kˈkārō [key], Italian painters, two brothers, who were leading…Taylor, Elizabeth, English novelist and short-story writer
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Elizabeth, 1912–1975, English novelist and short-story writer. Born Elizabeth Coles, she married John Taylor in 1936. She wrote a dozen novels and numerous short stories. In…Oedipus
(Encyclopedia) OedipusOedipusĕdˈĭpəs, ēˈdĭ– [key], in Greek legend, son of Laius, king of Thebes, and his wife, Jocasta. Laius had been warned by an oracle that he was fated to be killed by his own…William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 3), Act IV, Scene IV
Scene IVLondon. The palaceEnter Queen Elizabeth and RiversRiversMadam, what makes you in this sudden change?Queen ElizabethWhy brother Rivers, are you yet to learn What late misfortune is…Horne, Richard Henry
(Encyclopedia) Horne, Richard Henry, or Richard Hengist Horne, 1802–84, English author. His chief work was the allegorical poem Orion (1843). A New Spirit of the Age (1844), written with Elizabeth…Trending
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