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Alfred Lord Tennyson: The Lover's Tale

The Lover's Tale Sometimes I thought Camilla was no more, Some one had told me she was dead, and ask'd me If I would see her burial: then I seem'd To rise, and thro' the forest-shadow…

Yiddish Glossary

From my bashert to my zaide by Erin Teare Related Links Judaism PrimerEncyclopedia: YiddishBranches of JudaismAn amalgam of medieval German dialects, Yiddish was first used in the Jewish…

Sonnets by William Shakespeare: L

Sonnet XLIX Sonnet LI L How heavy do I journey on the way, When what I seek, my weary travel's end, Doth teach that ease and that repose to say, 'Thus far the miles are measured from…

You Can Count On Me

Director/Writer:Kenneth LonerganParamount Classics; 111 minutes; RRelease:11/00Cast:Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick The only hackneyed element of You Can Count On Me it its…

Ride

Director/Writer:Millicent SheltonDirector of Photography:Frank ByersEditor:Earl WatsonMusic:Dunn Pearson Jr.Production Designer:Bryan JonesProducers:Reginald Hudlin and Warrington…

Jack Nicholson Biography

Jack Nicholsonactor, director, producerBorn: 4/22/1937Birthplace: Neptune, New Jersey Academy Award-winning actor, director and producer known for portraying cynical, dissolute characters. His films…

American Outlaws

Director:Les MayfieldWriters:Roderick Taylor and John RogersWarner Bros.; PG-13; 105 minutesRelease:8/01Cast:Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Ali Larter Back in their day, rebel gunman Jesse James…

Hampton Roads Peace Conference

(Encyclopedia) Hampton Roads Peace Conference, meeting held on Feb. 3, 1865, on board the Union transport River Queen in Hampton Roads, Va., with the object of ending the Civil War. President Lincoln…

Ken, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Ken, Thomas, 1637–1711, English prelate and hymn writer, prominent among the nonjuring bishops. He became chaplain to Charles II in 1680 and was nominated by that monarch to the…

Vittorini, Elio

(Encyclopedia) Vittorini, ElioVittorini, Elioĕˈlyō vēt-tōrēˈnē [key], 1908–66, Italian novelist, b. Syracuse, Sicily. Between 1934 and 1941 Vittorini translated the works of D. H. Lawrence, Poe,…