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Brewer's: Memory
Magliabechi, of Florence, the book-lover, was called “the universal index and living &cyclopaedia;.” (1633-1714.) (See Woodfall.) Bard of Memory. Samuel Rogers, author of Pleasures of…Brewer's: Museum
The most celebrated are the British Museum in London; the Louvre at Paris; the Vatican at Rome, the Museum of Florence; that of St. Petersburg; and those of Dresden, Vienna, Munich, and…Brewer's: Morgante Maggiore
A serio-comic romance in verse, by Pulci, of Florence (1494). He was the inventor of this species of poetry, called by the Frenchbernesque, from Berni, who greatly excelled in it.…1988 Olympics
SeoulTop 10 StandingsLeading Medal WinnersTrack & FieldBoxingGymnasticsSwimmingTennisTeam SportsArcheryCanoeingCyclingEquestrianFencingJudoGymnasticsModern…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to Heaven
by Percy Bysshe Shelley An Ode, Written October, 1819Ode to the West WindOde to Heaven Published with "Prometheus Unbound", 1820. Dated 'Florence, December, 1819' in Harvard manuscript (…Other 2001 Winners
TokyoFeb. 18MenKenichi Takahashi, JPN2:10:51 (No women's division)Los AngelesMar. 3MenSteven Ndungu, KEN2:13:13 WomenElana Paramonova, RUS2:35:58TurinApr. 1MenAlemayhu Simeretu, ETH2:07:45…Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: 200-Meter Dash
1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Netherlands 24.40 1952 Marjorie Jackson, Australia 23.70 1956…Brewer's: Bianca
Wife of Fazio. When Fazio became rich, and got entangled with the Marchioness Aldabella, she accused him to the Duke of Florence of being privy to the death of Bartoldo, an old miser.…Brewer's: Breaking a Stick
Part of the marriage ceremony of the American Indians, as breaking a wine-glass is part of the marriage ceremony of the Jews. (Lady Augusta Hamilton. Marriage Rites, etc., 292, 298.) In…Brewer's: Graceless Florin
The first issue of the English florins, so called because the letters D.G. (“by God's grace”) were omitted for want of room. It happened that Richard Lalor Sheil, the master of the Mint,…Trending
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