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Illampú

(Encyclopedia) IllampúIllampúēyämp&oomacr;ˈ [key], peak, 21,276 ft (6,485 m) high, in the Cordillera Real of the Bolivian Andes, E Bolivia. Although lower than the adjacent peak, Ancohuma (21,489…

blackjack

(Encyclopedia) blackjack, one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un. Despite contesting claims between the French and Italians, its origins…

Doherty, Charles Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Doherty, Charles JosephDoherty, Charles Josephdōˈərtē [key], 1855–1931, Canadian jurist and statesman. After serving (1891–1906) as judge of the superior court of Quebec prov., he…

Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 21

Part 21I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul, The pleasures of heaven are with me and the pains of hell are with me, The first I graft and increase upon myself, the latter I…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Cenci Scene 2.1:

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Act 2 SCENE 2.2: SCENE 2.1: AN APARTMENT IN THE CENCI PALACE. ENTER LUCRETIA AND BERNARDO. LUCRETIA: Weep not, my gentle boy; he struck but me Who have borne deeper…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 21, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 20, 1805March 22, 1805March 21, 1805 I return on the 21st and on my return I passed on the points of the high hills S. S. where I saw an…