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apostrophe, figure of speech

(Encyclopedia) apostrophe, figure of speech in which an absent person, a personified inanimate being, or an abstraction is addressed as though present. The term is derived from a Greek word meaning “…

Amersfoort

(Encyclopedia) Amersfoort Amersfoort äˈmərsfōrt [key], city, Utrecht prov., central Netherlands. It is a transportation and manufacturing center. Points of interest include…

Royal Biographies: Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones

Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones by David Johnson Related Links Royal Family TreeThe Queen MotherPrincess MargaretViscount Linley Born in 1964, Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth is the second…

Joyce Kilmer: Ballade of my Lady's Beauty

Ballade of my Lady's BeautyJoyce KilmerSquire Adam had two wives, they say, Two wives had he, for his delight, He kissed and clypt them all the day And clypt and kissed them all the night…

Anna Hempstead Branch: Grieve not, Ladies

Grieve not, LadiesAnna Hempstead BranchOh, grieve not, Ladies, if at night Ye wake to feel your beauty going. It was a web of frail delight, Inconstant as an April snowing.In other eyes, in…

Gustavo A. Madero

(Encyclopedia) Gustavo A. Madero Gustavo A. Madero g&oomacr;stäˈvō ä mädāˈrō [key…