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Rushdie, Sir Salman
(Encyclopedia) Rushdie, Sir SalmanRushdie, Sir Salmansälmänˈ r&oomacr;shˈdē [key], 1947–, British novelist, b. Bombay (now Mumbai, India). He is known for the allusive richness of his language…Memnon
(Encyclopedia) MemnonMemnonmĕmˈnŏn [key], in Greek mythology, king of Ethiopia, son of Tithonus and Eos. In the Trojan War he fought against the Greeks, and after he had killed Antilochus, he himself…castrato
(Encyclopedia) castratocastratokăsträˈtō [key] [Ital.,=castrated], a male singer with an artificially created soprano or alto voice, the result of castration in boyhood. The combination of the larynx…Old Lyme
(Encyclopedia) Old LymeOld Lymelīm [key], residential and resort town (1990 pop. 6,535), New London co., SE Conn., on Long Island Sound, at the mouth of the Connecticut River; settled c.1655, inc.…patriarch, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) patriarchpatriarchpāˈtrēärk [key], in biblical tradition, one of the antediluvian progenitors of the race as given in Genesis (e.g., Seth) or one of the ancestors of the Jews (e.g.,…The Iliad of Homer: The Acts of Diomed
The Breach of the Truce, and t... The Episodes of Glaucus and Di... The Acts of Diomed. Diomed, assisted by Pallas, performs wonders in this day's battle. Pandarus wounds him with an…A. E. Housman: The street sounds to the soldiers' tread,
The street sounds to the soldiers' tread, And out we troop to see: A single redcoat turns his head, He turns and looks at me.My man, from sky to sky's so far, We never crossed before; Such…Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Wind ("Of all the sounds")
by EmilyDickinsonXXIIIDeath and LifeThe Wind The Wind Of all the sounds despatched abroad, There's not a charge to me Like that old measure in the boughs, That phraseless melody The wind…Anne Bradstreet: By Night when Others Soundly Slept
By Night when Others Soundly Slept By night when others soundly slept And hath at once both ease and Rest, My waking eyes were open kept And so to lie I found it best. I sought him whom my…The Sound of Music <span class="date" >(1965)</span>
Director: Robert WiseCast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Angela Cartwright The Sound of Music remains entertaining to this day, bolstered by its lush composition and charming score.…Trending
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