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margarine

(Encyclopedia) margarine, manufactured substitute for butter. It consists of a blend of vegetable oils or meat fats (or a combination of both) mixed with milk and salt. It was developed in the late…

Marie Caroline

(Encyclopedia) Marie Caroline, 1752–1814, queen of Naples, consort of Ferdinand IV (later Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies), daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa, and sister of…

Madeleine

(Encyclopedia) MadeleineMadeleinemădˈəlĭn, Fr. mädlĕnˈ [key] [Fr.,=Magdalen, i.e., Mary Magdalen], large church of Paris, in the Place de la Madeleine. It was originally planned by J. A. Gabriel as a…

Gentz, Friedrich von

(Encyclopedia) Gentz, Friedrich vonGentz, Friedrich vonfrēˈdrĭkh fən gĕnts [key], 1764–1832, German conservative political theorist. Admirer of the English political system of checks and balances,…

Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, Thomas Robert

(Encyclopedia) Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, Thomas RobertBugeaud de la Piconnerie, Thomas Roberttōmäˈ rōbĕrˈ büzhōˈ də lä pēkōnərēˈ [key], 1784–1849, marshal of France, duc d'Isly, general and…

Boulogne-sur-Mer

(Encyclopedia) Boulogne-sur-Mer Boulogne-sur-Mer b&oomacr;lôˈnyə-sür-mĕrˈ [key], city, Pas-de-Calais dept., N…

Brewer's: Ill Omens

averted. Leotychides II., of Sparta, was told by his augurs that his projected expedition would fail, because a viper had got entangled in the handle of the city key. “Not so,” he replied…

Metternich, Clemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Fürst von

(Encyclopedia) Metternich, Clemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Fürst vonMetternich, Clemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Fürst vonklāˈmĕns vĕnˈtsəl nāˈpōm&oobreve;k lōˈtär fürst fən mĕtˈərnĭkh [key], 1773–…

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of

(Encyclopedia) Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of, 1769–1852, British soldier and statesman. Wellington, “the iron duke,” with the soldier's taste for discipline and order and the aristocrat…

Victor Emmanuel II

(Encyclopedia) Victor Emmanuel II, 1820–78, king of Sardinia (1849–61) and first king of united Italy (1861–78). He fought in the war of 1848–49 against Austrian rule in Lombardy-Venetia and ascended…