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State Capitals and Largest Cities (& Some Common Questions)
Source: iStockWhat Is the Capital and Largest City in Each State? Have you ever paused and wondered, “What is the state capital of our state?” It can be difficult to keep all the many US cities…Beaux-Arts, École des
(Encyclopedia) Beaux-Arts, École des: see École des Beaux-Arts.Chemin des Dames
(Encyclopedia) Chemin des DamesChemin des DamesshəmăNˈ dā däm [key] [Fr.,=ladies' road], road running along a crest between the Aisne and Ailette rivers, N France. Built during Roman times, the road…2010 Pulitzer Prize Winners
Awards ranging from journalism to fiction to music Related Links Pulitzer Prizes Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and…ranz des vaches
(Encyclopedia) ranz des vachesranz des vachesräNz dā väsh [key], type of Alpine folk melody of irregular melodic and rhythmic form used to call cattle. It is played on the alphorn by Swiss herders,…Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de
(Encyclopedia) Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur deBrantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur depyĕr də b&oomacr;rdāˈyə sānyörˈ də bräNtōmˈ [key], 1540?–1614, French courtier, soldier, and…Duhamel, Georges
(Encyclopedia) Duhamel, GeorgesDuhamel, Georgeszhôrzh düämĕlˈ [key], 1884–1966, French novelist and playwright. From Duhamel's experience as a surgeon during World War I came Vie des martyrs (1917,…Brewer's: Ecole des Femmes
Molière borrowed the plot of this comedy from the novelletti of Ser Giovanni, composed in the fourteenth century. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Ranz des Vaches
Simple melodies played by the Swiss mountaineers on their Alp-horn when they drive their herds to pasture, or call them home (pour ranger des vaches, to bring the cows to their place).…Brewer's: Marguerite des Marguerites
[the pearl of pearls ]. So Francois called his sister (Marguerite de Valois), authoress of the Heptameron. She married twice: first, the Duc d'Alencon, and then Henri d'Albret, king of…Trending
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