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(Encyclopedia)Hotspur: see Percy, Sir Henry.Fuessli, Johann Heinrich
(Encyclopedia)Fuessli, Johann Heinrich: see Fuseli, Henry. ...Füssli, Johann Heinrich
(Encyclopedia)Füssli, Johann Heinrich: see Fuseli, Henry. ...Fort Henry, in Canadian history
(Encyclopedia)Fort Henry: see Kingston, Ont., Canada. ...Henry the Minstrel
(Encyclopedia)Henry the Minstrel: see Blind Harry. ...Wright, William Henry
(Encyclopedia)Wright, William Henry: see Wright, Harry. ...self-fulfilling prophecy
(Encyclopedia)self-fulfilling prophecy, a concept developed by Robert K. Merton to explain how a belief or expectation, whether correct or not, affects the outcome of a situation or the way a person (or group) will...Joseph and Asenath
(Encyclopedia)Joseph and Asenath, an early Jewish work, highly regarded in Eastern and Western Christian traditions, most likely emanating from Alexandrian Egypt between 200 b.c. and a.d. 200, probably composed in ...Magenta, town, Italy
(Encyclopedia)Magenta mäjānˈtä [key], town (1991 pop. 23,667), Lombardy, N Italy, near Milan. Manufactures include matches, textiles, and machinery. At the Ticino River nearby, the French and the Sardinians won...Robertson, Ethel Richardson
(Encyclopedia)Robertson, Ethel Richardson: see Richardson, Henry Handel. ...Browse by Subject
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