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Teen Idols of the 90s
Teen Idols of the 90s Right here, right now by Beth Rowen Leo and his ilk are riding high now, but will they be able to fend off the remorseless advance of obscurity? Anthony…Shakespeare, William
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616, English dramatist and poet, b. Stratford-upon-Avon. He is widely considered the greatest playwright who ever lived. For about 150 years…2000 MTV Music Video Awards
The 2000 Video Music Awards were presented September 7, 2000.Video Of The YearEminem, “The Real Slim Shady”Male VideoEminem, “The Real Slim Shady”Female VideoAaliyah, “Try Again”Group…The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 4
by Oscar Wilde Chapter 3Chapter 5Chapter 4 One afternoon, a month later, Dorian Gray was reclining in a luxurious arm-chair, in the little library of Lord Henry's house in Mayfair. It…Brewer's: Friar Laurence
in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Friar RushFriar John A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…Brewer's: Court-cupboard
The buffet to hold flagons, cans, cups, and beakers. There are two in Stationers' Hall. “Away with the joint-stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate.” —Shakespeare: Romeo and…Brewer's: Lad o' Wax
A little boy, a doll of a man. In Romeo and Juliet the Nurse calls Paris “a man of wax,” meaning a very “proper man.” Horace speaks of the “waxen arms of Telephus,” meaning well modelled…Brewer's: Mejnoun and Leilah
A Persian love-tale, the Romeo and Juliet or Pyramus and Thisbe of Eastern romance. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MelampodeMeistersingers A B C D E F…Brewer's: Montague
(3 syl.). The head of a faction in Verona (Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet). The device of the family is a mountain with sharply-peaked crest (mont-agu or acu). Source: Dictionary of…