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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Early Poems [1814, 1815]

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems Written in 1816Early Poems [1814, 1815]Stanza, Written at BracknellStanzas - April, 1814To HarrietTo Mary Wollstonecraft GodwinTo -MutabilityOn DeathA Summer Evening…

Rochefort

(Encyclopedia) RochefortRochefortrôshfôrˈ [key] or Rochefort-sur-MerRochefort–sür-mĕr [key], city (1990 pop. 26,949), Charente-Maritime dept., W France, on the Charente River near the Bay of Biscay.…

Saint-Cloud

(Encyclopedia) Saint-CloudSaint-CloudsăN-kl&oomacr;ˈ [key], town (1990 est. pop. 28,673), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, a suburb W of Paris on the Seine River. It is a residential town…

Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia) Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron, 1778–1863, British soldier and colonial administrator. He served in Egypt (1801) and Sicily (1806), participated (1808–14) in the Peninsular War, and…

Grévy, Jules

(Encyclopedia) Grévy, JulesGrévy, Juleszhül grāvēˈ [key], 1807–91, French statesman, president of France (1879–87). As a republican deputy after the February Revolution (1848), he sought to eliminate…

Hofer, Andreas

(Encyclopedia) Hofer, AndreasHofer, Andreasändrāˈäs hōˈfər [key], 1767–1810, Austrian patriot; son of a Tyrolean innkeeper. After its defeat by Napoleon I in 1805 Austria was forced to cede the Tyrol…

Pakenham, Sir Edward Michael

(Encyclopedia) Pakenham, Sir Edward MichaelPakenham, Sir Edward Michaelpăkˈənəm [key], 1778–1815, British general. He entered the army in 1794 and served in the wars against Napoleon I, emperor of…

Maury, Jean Siffrein

(Encyclopedia) Maury, Jean SiffreinMaury, Jean SiffreinzhäN sēfrăNˈ môrēˈ [key], 1746–1817, French churchman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A court preacher and writer before the French…

Cormenin, Louis Marie de La Haye, vicomte de

(Encyclopedia) Cormenin, Louis Marie de La Haye, vicomte deCormenin, Louis Marie de La Haye, vicomte delwē märēˈ də lä ā vēkôNtˈ də kôrmənăNˈ [key], 1788–1868, French politician, jurist, and…

chauvinism

(Encyclopedia) chauvinismchauvinismshōˈvənĭzəm [key], word derived from the name of Nicolas Chauvin, a soldier of the First French Empire. Used first for a passionate admiration of Napoleon, it now…