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(Encyclopedia) KönizKönizköˈnĭts [key], town (1990 pop. 37,309), Bern canton, W central Switzerland. It is a suburb of Bern. The Romanesque-Gothic church, founded in the 10th cent. by Rudolph II of…Jeannette
(Encyclopedia) JeannetteJeannettejənĕtˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 11,221), Westmoreland co., SW Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh; laid out 1888, inc. as a city 1937. Located in a coal and natural gas area,…Verviers
(Encyclopedia) VerviersVerviersvĕrvyāˈ [key], commune (1991 pop. 53,482), Liège prov., E Belgium, on the Vesdre River and at the foot of the Ardennes. Manufactures of this industrial center include…Weyburn
(Encyclopedia) WeyburnWeyburnwāˈbərn [key], city (1991 pop. 9,673), SE Sask., Canada, SE of Regina. A trade center for a wheat-growing and oil-producing region, it has grain elevators and a feed mill…Walt Whitman: Osceola
OsceolaWhen his hour for death had come, He slowly rais'd himself from the bed on the floor, Drew on his war-dress, shirt, leggings, and girdled the belt around his waist, Call'd for…Aesop's Fables: Brother and Sister
by Aesop The Ass and the MuleThe Heifer and the OxBrother and Sister A certain man had two children, a boy and a girl: and the boy was as good-looking as the girl was plain. One day, as…Othello
Othello Brabantio, the rich senator of Venice, had a fair daughter, the gentle Desdemona. She was sought to by divers suitors, both on account of her many virtuous qualities and for her rich…William Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene II
Scene IIAnother part of the woodEnter Titania, with her trainTitaniaCome, now a roundel and a fairy song; Then, for the third part of a minute, hence; Some to kill cankers in the musk-rose…Amy Lowell: Part Fifth
Part FifthIt was no easy matter to convince Heinrich that it was finished. Hard to say That though they could not meet (he saw her wince) She still must keep the locket to allay Suspicion in…Hoyerswerda
(Encyclopedia) Hoyerswerda Hoyerswerda hoiˌərsvĕrˈdä [key], city, Saxony, SE Germany, on the Black Elster River;…Trending
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