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John Milton - Paradise Lost: Book I

Book I Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of EDEN, till one greater Man Restore us,…

2000 Deaths: G - L

Jack GardnerMilton GarlandVittorio GassmanElmer GertzSir John GielgudEdward GoreyTed GraberCharles GrayJosé GrecoHarold H. GreeneEddie GregsonJames GroganSir Alec GuinnessDavid GuralnikJack…

Upon the Hill and Grove at Bill-borow

Upon the Hill and Grove at Bill-borowTo the Lord Fairfax See how the arched Earth does here Rise in a perfect Hemisphere! The stiffest Compass could not strike A line more circular and like;…

Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of August 16, 2021

It’s been a busy week, from the sudden content shakeup of OnlyFans to the Taliban’s complete takeover of Afghanistan. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our…

poster

(Encyclopedia) poster, placard designed to be posted in some public place for purposes of commercial announcement or propaganda. Advertising makes wide use of posters, as do charitable and political…

Charles X, king of Sweden

(Encyclopedia) Charles X, 1622–60, king of Sweden (1654–60), nephew of Gustavus II. The son of John Casimir, count palatine of Zweibrücken, he brought the house of Wittelsbach to the Swedish throne…

George of Podebrad

(Encyclopedia) George of PodebradGeorge of Podebradpôdˈyĕbrät [key], 1420–71, king of Bohemia (1458–71). A Bohemian nobleman, he became leader of the Utraquists, or the moderate Hussites, in the wars…

Henry VII, Holy Roman emperor and German king

(Encyclopedia) Henry VII, c.1275–1313, Holy Roman emperor (1312–13) and German king (1308–13). A minor count of the house of Luxembourg, Henry was elected German king on the death of King Albert I…

Brewer's: Midas-eared

Without discrimination or judgment. Midas, King of Phrygia, was appointed to judge a musical contest between Apollo and Pan, and gave judgment in favour of the satyr; whereupon Apollo in…

Judith: 15

Judith Chapter 15 1 And when they that were in the tents heard, they were astonished at the thing that was done. 2 And fear and trembling fell upon them, so that there was no man that durst…