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William Shakespeare: King Lear, Act III

Act IIIScene IA heathStorm still. Enter Kent and a Gentleman, meetingKentWho's there, besides foul weather?GentlemanOne minded like the weather, most unquietly.KentI know you. Where's the…

1931–1932 Academy Awards

The 1931–1932 Academy Awards were presented Nov. 18, 1932 at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.Outstanding ProductionArrowsmith (Goldwyn; United Artists)Bad Girl (Fox)The Champ (MGM)Five…

Brewer's: Races

Goodwood Races. So called from Goodwood Park, in which they are held. They begin the last Tuesday of July, and continue four days, of which Thursday (the “cup-day”) is the principal. These…

Hardy, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Hardy, Thomas, 1840–1928, English novelist and poet, b. near Dorchester, one of the great English writers of the 19th cent. The son of a stonemason, he derived a love of music from his…

Brewer's: Oaks Famous in Story

(1) Owen Glendower's Oak, at Shelton, near Shrewsbury, was in full growth in 1403, for in this tree Owen Glendower witnessed the great battle between Henry IV. and Henry Percy. Six or…

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto XII

Purgatorio: Canto XIPurgatorio: Canto XIIIPurgatorio: Canto XII Abreast, like oxen going in a yoke, I with that heavy-laden soul went on, As long as the sweet pedagogue permitted;…

Brewer's: Bell

Acton, Currer, and Ellis. Assumed names of Anne, Charlotte, and Emily Brontë. Bell As the bell clinks, so the fool thinks, or, As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks. The tale says when…