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Quills

Director:Philip KaufmanWriter:Doug WrightFox Searchlight Pictures; 120 minutes; RRelease:11/00Cast:Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine Quills delivers the subterranean…

Kenilworth

(Encyclopedia) KenilworthKenilworthkĕnˈəlwûrthˌ [key], town (1991 pop. 16,782), Warwickshire, central England. A market town and bedroom community, it is famous for the ruins of Kenilworth Castle,…

Gloucester, Robert, earl of

(Encyclopedia) Gloucester, Robert, earl of, d. 1147, English nobleman; illegitimate son of Henry I. Henry created (c.1121) the earldom of Gloucester for him. After his father's death (1135), Robert…

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne

(Encyclopedia) Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, ÉtienneGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienneātyĕnˈ zhôfrwäˈ săNtēlĕrˈ [key], 1772–1844, French zoologist. He was professor at the Museum of Natural History (1793–1840…

Angevin

(Encyclopedia) AngevinAngevinănˈjəvĭn [key] [Fr.,=of Anjou], name of two medieval dynasties originating in France. The first ruled over parts of France and over Jerusalem and England; the second…

House on Haunted Hill

Director:William MaloneWriter:Dick BeebeWarner Bros.; R; 96 minutesRelease:10/99Cast:Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs House on Haunted Hill is like the Houses of Horror found at most…

Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Stephen, 1097?–1154, king of England (1135–54). The son of Stephen, count of Blois and Chartres, and Adela, daughter of William I of England, he was brought up by his uncle, Henry I of…

John Keats: To one who has been long in c...

Keen, fitful gusts are whisp'... On first looking into Chapman's Homer To one who has been long in c... To one who has been long in city pent, 'Tis very sweet to look into the…