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Percy MacKaye: Uriel
Uriel(In memory of William Vaughn Moody)Percy MacKayeIUriel, you that in the ageless sun Sit in the awful silences of light, Singing of vision hid from human sight, — Prometheus, beautiful…Pulitzer Prizes: Editorial
Here are Pulitzer Prize winners in editorial. 1917 New York Tribune 1918…William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act I, Scene III
Scene IIIThe lists at CoventryEnter the Lord Marshal and the Duke of AumerleLord MarshalMy Lord Aumerle, is Harry Hereford arm'd?Duke of AumerleYea, at all points; and longs to enter in.Lord…Brewer's: Acutiator
Acutia′tor A person in the Middle Ages who attended armies and knights to sharpen their instruments of war. (Latin, acuo, to sharpen.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act IV
Act IVPrologueEnter ChorusChorusNow entertain conjecture of a time When creeping murmur and the poring dark Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp through the foul womb of…Brewer's: Donzel
(Italian). A squire or young man of good birth. “He is esquire to a knight-errant, donzel to the damsels.” —Butler: Characters. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Blind Magistrate
(The). Sir John Fielding, knighted in 1761, was born blind. He was in the commission of the Peace for Middlesex, Surrey, Essex, and the liberties of Westminster. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Boast of England
(The). Tom Thumb or Tom-a-lin. Richard Johnson, in 1599, published a “history of this ever-renowned soldier, the Red Rose Knight, surnamed The Boast of England, showing his honorable…Brewer's: Bohort
(Sir). A knight of Arthur's Round Table, brother of Sir Lionel, and nephew of Lancelot of the Lake. Also called Sir Bors. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Bradamant
or Bradamante. Sister of Rinaldo, in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. She is represented as a most wonderful Christian Amazon, possessed of an irresistible spear, which unhorsed every knight…Trending
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