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Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonald
(Encyclopedia) Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldHeinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldhīˈlīn [key], 1907–88, American science-fiction writer, b. Butler, Mo. His best-known novel, Stranger in a Strange Land…William Shakespeare: Much Ado about Nothing, Act III, Scene III
Scene IIIA streetEnter Dogberry and Verges with the WatchDogberryAre you good men and true?VergesYea, or else it were pity but they should suffer salvation, body and soul.DogberryNay, that…roentgenium
(Encyclopedia) roentgenium, artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Rg; at. no. 111; mass number of most stable isotope 280; m.p., b.p., sp. gr., and valence unknown. Situated in…Beerbohm, Sir Max
(Encyclopedia) Beerbohm, Sir MaxBeerbohm, Sir Maxbērˈbōm [key], 1872–1956, English essayist, caricaturist, and parodist. He contributed to the famous Yellow Book while still an undergraduate at…Rathlin Island
(Encyclopedia) Rathlin IslandRathlin Islandrăthˈlĭn [key], 5 sq mi (13 sq km), Moyle dist., N Northern Ireland. Its cliffs, of limestone and basalt, rise at Slieveacarn to 449 ft (137 m). Farming and…Mannyng, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Mannyng or Manning, Robert, fl. 1298–1338, English poet, b. Brunne (modern Bourne), Lincolnshire; also called Robert of Brunne. He was a monk in the Gilbertine order. Mannyng is known…Fergusson, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Fergusson, Robert, 1750–74, Scottish poet, b. Edinburgh. He was a precursor of Robert Burns, who proclaimed his debt to Fergusson's Poems (1773). After careers in the clergy and in…Hemmer, Jarl Robert
(Encyclopedia) Hemmer, Jarl RobertHemmer, Jarl Robertyärl rōˈbərt hĕmˈər [key], 1893–1944, Finnish author who wrote in Swedish. Inwardly troubled, he experienced several religious crises and finally…Poetry Month | Notable Poets
// Cite Auden, Byron, Chaucer, and more A-B | C-D | E-H | J-M | N-R | S-T | U-Z Amiri Baraka Abu Nuwas Addison, Joseph Aidoo, Ama Ata Aiken, Conrad…William Shakespeare: Much Ado about Nothing, Act I, Scene III
Scene IIIThe sameEnter Don John and ConradeConradeWhat the good-year, my lord! why are you thus out of measure sad?Don JohnThere is no measure in the occasion that breeds; therefore the…