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Brewer's: Rasselas
Prince of Abyssinia, in Dr. Johnson's romance so called. “`Rasselas' is a mass of sense, and its moral precepts are certainly conveyed in striking and happy language. The made astronomer…Abyssinia
(Encyclopedia) AbyssiniaAbyssiniaăbˌĭsĭnˈēyə [key]: see Ethiopia.Brewer's: Happy Valley
in Dr. Johnson's tale of Rasselas, is placed in the kingdom of Amhara, and was inaccessible except in one spot through a cave in a rock. It was a Garden of Paradise where resided the…Beke, Charles Tilstone
(Encyclopedia) Beke, Charles TilstoneBeke, Charles Tilstonebēk [key], 1800–1874, English explorer and author. In Ethiopia in 1840–43 he mapped c.70,000 sq mi (181,300 sq km) of the country,…Rassam, Hormuzd
(Encyclopedia) Rassam, HormuzdRassam, Hormuzdhôrm&oobreve;zdˈ räsämˈ [key], 1826–1910, Turkish archaeologist. He assisted Sir Austen Henry Layard in Nineveh in 1845–47 and 1849–51, studying at…Prince
Name at birth: Prince Rogers NelsonA striking and influential star of the late 20th century, Prince wrote and produced funky pop songs that had cross-genre appeal, including the top-sellers 1999,…Prince Edward Island, University of
(Encyclopedia) Prince Edward Island, University of, at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; founded 1969 with the merger of Prince of Wales College (est…Alexander, prince of Bulgaria
(Encyclopedia) Alexander (Alexander of Battenberg), 1857–93, prince of Bulgaria (1879–86); second son of Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt and nephew of Alexander II of Russia. He served in the…Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of
(Encyclopedia) Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip Mountbatten, duke of…The Frog-Prince
The Frog-Prince One fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood; and when she came to a cool spring of water, that rose in the…