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Amy Lowell: VI

VICrystal-blue brightness over the glass-houses. Crystal-blue streaks and ripples over the lake. A macaw on a gilded perch screams; they have forgotten to take out his dinner. The windows…

Brewer's: Vi'a Dolorosa

The way our Lord went to the Hall of Judgment, from the Mount of Olives to Golgotha, about a mile in length. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894VialVetturino A…

VI. The Prasna-Upanishad

VI. Prasña-Upanishad This Upanishad is called the Prasña or Shat-prasña-upanishad, and at the end of a chapter we find occasionally iti prasñaprativakanam, i.e. thus ends the answer to…

Grafton, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Grafton, Richard, d. c.1572, London publisher and printer. In 1539 with Edward Whitchurch he printed the Great Bible in black letter (see type). He printed the first edition of the…

Stuart, Esmé, 1st duke of Lennox

(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, Esmé, 1st duke of LennoxStuart or Stewart, Esmé, 1st duke of Lennoxĕzˈmē [key], 1542?–1583, Scottish nobleman; cousin to James VI of Scotland (later James I of…

Hamlin, Talbot Faulkner

(Encyclopedia) Hamlin, Talbot Faulkner, 1889–1956, American historian of architecture, b. New York City. He was librarian of the Avery Library, Columbia (1934–45), and professor of architecture there…

Vives, Juan Luis

(Encyclopedia) Vives, Juan LuisVives, Juan Luishwän l&oomacr;ēsˈ vēˈvās [key], 1492–1540, Spanish humanist and philosopher; friend of Erasmus. At the invitation of King Henry VIII he went to…

Vaughan, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Vaughan, HenryVaughan, Henryvôn [key], 1622–95, one of the English metaphysical poets. Born in Breconshire, Wales, he signed himself Silurist, after the ancient inhabitants of that…

Walton, Sir William Turner

(Encyclopedia) Walton, Sir William Turner, 1902–83, English composer, b. Oldham. Walton studied at Oxford. One of his earliest works was a piano quartet (1918–19). In 1923, Façade, satirical poems by…

Part One in a Six-Part Series

Mirror Image by Alicia Potter Source: Arttoday.com The male torso reigns as the decade's most powerful crossover image — appealing to men, women, gays, and straights alike. Part One:…