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Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh
(Encyclopedia) Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, 1801–66, English woman of letters; wife of Thomas Carlyle, whom she married in 1826. She possessed a genius for letter writing, manifest in the volumes of…Candide: What They Saw in the Country of El Dorado
Candide and His Valet Arrive ... What Happened to Them at Suri... What They Saw in the Country of El Dorado Cacambo vented all his curiosity upon his landlord by a thousand…Brewer's: Colour
(See Rank.) Colour Colours. A man of colour. A negro, or, more strictly speaking, one with negro blood. (See Colours.) “There are three great classes: (1) the pure whites; (2) the…almond
(Encyclopedia) almond, name for a small tree (Prunus amygdalus) of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for the nutlike, edible seed of its drupe fruit. The “nuts” of sweet-almond varieties are…Aaron, Hank
(Encyclopedia) Aaron, Hank (Henry Louis Aaron), 1934–2021, U.S. baseball player, b. Mobile, Ala. A durable outfielder and consistent hitter noted for his powerful wrists and explosive swing, Aaron…1970–1971 Obie Awards
Best American PlayJohn Guare, House of Blue LeavesBest Foreign PlayAthol Fugard, Boesman and LenaDerek Walcott, Dream on Monkey MountainHeathcote Williams, AC/DCDistinguished PlaysEd Bullins…Brewer's: Rubens' Women
The portrait of Helena Forman or Fourment, his second wife, married at the age of 16, introduced in several of his historical paintings; but the woman in Rubens and His Wife, in the Munich…Brewer's: Ruchiel
God of the air. (Hebrew, ruch, air; el, god.) (Jewish mythology.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RudderRuby A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Myrdal, Gunnar
(Encyclopedia) Myrdal, GunnarMyrdal, Gunnargŭnˈär [key]Myrdal, Gunnar mĭrˈdäl, Swed. mürˈdäl [key], 1898–1987, Swedish economist, sociologist, and public official; husband of Alva Myrdal. A graduate…Montezuma
(Encyclopedia) MontezumaMontezumamŏntĕs&oomacr;ˈmä [key] or MoctezumaMoctezumamŏk– [key], 1480?–1520, Aztec emperor (c.1502–1520). He is sometimes called Montezuma II to distinguish him from…Trending
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