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Landor, Walter Savage
(Encyclopedia) Landor, Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and essayist, educated at Oxford. After a quarrel with his father, he went to live in Wales, where he wrote the epic poem Gebir (1798).…epigram
(Encyclopedia) epigram, a short, polished, pithy saying, usually in verse, often with a satiric or paradoxical twist at the end. The term was originally applied by the Greeks to the inscriptions on…Roderick
(Encyclopedia) RoderickRoderickrŏdˈərĭk [key], d. 711?, last Visigothic king in Spain (710–711?). After the death of King Witiza, a group of nobles chose Roderick, duke of Baetica, as successor to…Forster, John
(Encyclopedia) Forster, John, 1812–76, English biographer and critic. He was influential as literary and dramatic critic of the London Examiner. His Lives of the Statesmen of the Commonwealth (5 vol…Brewer's: Savage
(2 syl.). One who lives in a wood (Greek, hule, a forest; Latin, silva; Spanish, salvage; Italian, selvaggio; French, sauvage). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Doc Savage
Name at birth: Clark Savage, Jr.Doc Savage first appeared in 1933, his adventure stories told every month in a magazine. Handsome, tall and tanned -- he was nicknamed the Man of Bronze -- Savage was…Brewer's: Bell Savage
or La Belle Sauvage = Pocahontas. According to one derivation it is a contraction of Isabelle Savage, who originally kept the inn. It is some-what remarkable that the sign of the inn was a…Fred Savage Biography
Fred Savage actorBorn: 7/9/1976Birthplace: Highland Park, Illinois As a juvenile actor, Savage made his film debut in The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) and is best known for his starring role as…Savage, Minot Judson
(Encyclopedia) Savage, Minot JudsonSavage, Minot Judsonmīˈnət [key], 1841–1918, American Unitarian clergyman and writer, b. Norridgewock, Maine. After serving for nine years in the ministry of the…Savage's Station
(Encyclopedia) Savage's Station: see Seven Days battles.