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Macdonald, Flora

(Encyclopedia) Macdonald, Flora, 1722–90, Scottish Jacobite heroine. She aided Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, to escape to France after the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden…

Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XIV

Sonnet XIII Sonnet XV XIV Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy, But not to tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons'…

Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XXV

Sonnet XXIV Sonnet XXVI XXV Let those who are in favour with their stars Of public honour and proud titles boast, Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars Unlook'd for joy in that I…

Sonnets by William Shakespeare: LV

Sonnet LIV Sonnet LVI LV Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone,…

William Shakespeare: Richard III, Act IV

Act IVScene IBefore the TowerEnter, on one side, Queen Elizabeth, Duchess OF York, and Dorset; on the other, Anne, Duchess of Gloucester, leading Lady Margaret Plantagenet, Clarence's young…

William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act III

Act IIIScene IBristol. Before the castleEnter Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of York, Northumberland, Lord Ross, Henry Percy, Lord Willoughby, with Bushy and Green, prisonersHenry BolingbrokeBring…

Rossetti, Christina Georgina

(Encyclopedia) Rossetti, Christina GeorginaRossetti, Christina Georginarōsĕtˈē [key], 1830–94, English poet; daughter of Gabriele Rossetti and sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Publication of some of…