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(Encyclopedia) IsaacIsaacīˈzək [key] [Heb.,=laughter], according to the patriarchal narratives of the Book of Genesis, Isaac was the only son of Abraham and Sara. He married Rebecca, and their sons…Charles Hanson Towne: The Quiet Singer
The Quiet Singer(Ave! Francis Thompson)Charles Hanson TowneHe had been singing — but I had not heard his voice; He had been weaving lovely dreams of song, O many a morning long. But I, remote…Currier & Ives
(Encyclopedia) Currier & Ives, American lithographers and print publishers, who produced highly popular hand-colored prints of contemporary scenes and events in American life. Nathaniel Currier,…Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de
(Encyclopedia) Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre deSacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre deäNtwänˈ ēzäkˈ bärôNˈ sēlvĕˈstrə də säsēˈ [key], 1758–1838, French Orientalist. Sacy's works on Arabic were…Hayes, Isaac
composerBirthplace: Covington, Tenn.Born: 8/20/42Brewer's: Isaac
A hedge-sparrow, a corruption of Chaucer's word, heisuagge. (Anglo-Saxon, heag, hedge; sugga, the sugga bird.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Isaac of…Chase, William Merritt
(Encyclopedia) Chase, William Merritt, 1849–1916, American painter, b. Williamsburg, Ind., studied in Indianapolis and in Munich under Piloty. In 1878 he began his long career as an influential…Errett, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Errett, IsaacErrett, Isaacĕrˈĭt [key], 1820–88, American minister of the Disciples of Christ, b. New York City. After years of pastoral and evangelistic work in pioneer towns of Ohio…Barrow, Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Barrow, Isaac, 1630–77, English mathematician and theologian. His method of finding tangents prefigured the differential calculus developed by Isaac Newton. He was professor of…Angelus, Byzantine emperors
(Encyclopedia) AngelusAngelusănˈjələs [key], family name and dynasty of three Byzantine emperors (1185–1204): see Isaac II; Alexius III; Alexius IV.Trending
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