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Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 3d duke of

(Encyclopedia) Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 3d duke of, 1473–1554, English nobleman, prominent in the reign of Henry VIII; son of Thomas Howard, the 2d duke. He married (1495) a daughter of Edward IV and…

William Shakespeare: Henry VIII, Act III

Act IIIScene ILondon. Queen Katharine's apartmentsEnter Queen Katharine and her Women, as at workQueen KatharineTake thy lute, wench: my soul grows sad with troubles; Sing, and disperse 'em,…

Parnell, Charles Stewart

(Encyclopedia) Parnell, Charles StewartParnell, Charles Stewartpärˈnəl, pärnĕlˈ [key], 1846–91, Irish nationalist leader. Haughty and sensitive, Parnell was only a mediocre orator, but he possessed a…

William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act V, Scene II

Scene IIFrance. A royal palaceEnter, at one door King Henry, Exeter, Bedford, Gloucester, Warwick, Westmoreland, and other Lords; at another, the French King, Queen Isabel, the Princess…

Best American Journalism of the 20th Century

The following works were chosen as the 20th century's best American journalism by a panel of experts assembled by New York University's journalism department.John Hersey: “Hiroshima,” The…

America the Beautiful

The Question: Who wrote the music and words to the song America the Beautiful? The Answer: The words were written by an instructor at Wellesley (Mass.)…

Balinese music

(Encyclopedia) Balinese music represents, to a large extent, a survival of the pre-Islamic music of Java. It was taken to Bali by Hindu Javanese in the 15th cent. and uses the tonal systems of…