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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…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 12, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 11, 1805August 13, 1805August 12, 1805 Monday August 12th 1805 This morning I sent Drewyer out as soon as it was light, to try and…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 True George Washington: Citizen and Office-Holder
Citizen and Office-HolderVirginia PoliticsWashington became a government servant before he became a voter, by receiving in 1749, or when he was seventeen years of age, the appointment of…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…