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Edwin Arlington Robinson: Calverly's

Calverly'sEdwin Arlington RobinsonWe go no more to Calverly's, For there the lights are few and low; And who are there to see by them, Or what they see, we do not know. Poor strangers of…

Brewer's: Brown, Jones, and Robinson

Three Englishmen who travel together Their adventures were published in Punch, and were the production of Richard Doyle. They typify the middle-class English abroad; and hold up to…

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson: Which

WhichCorinne Roosevelt RobinsonWe ask that Love shall rise to the divine, And yet we crave him very human, too; Our hearts would drain the crimson of his wine, Our souls despise him if he…

Edwin Arlington Robinson: Flammonde

FlammondeEdwin Arlington RobinsonThe man Flammonde, from God knows where, With firm address and foreign air, With news of nations in his talk And something royal in his walk, With glint of…

Edwin Arlington Robinson: The Master

The Master(Lincoln)Edwin Arlington RobinsonA flying word from here and there Had sown the name at which we sneered, But soon the name was everywhere, To be reviled and then revered: A…

Brewer's: Swiss Family Robinson

An abridged translation of a German tale by Joachim Heinrich Kampe, tutor to Baron Humboldt. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SwithinSwiss Boy A B C D E…

Holly Robinson Peete Biography

Holly Robinson Peete (Holly Robinson)actressBorn: 9/18/1964Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The daughter of Sesame Street's original Gordon, this actress came to notice in her various…

William Smokey Robinson Biography

William “Smokey” Robinsonsinger, songwriterBorn: 2/19/1940Birthplace: Detroit Grammy Award-winning singer and song-writer known for his falsetto voice and as a premier song-writer with more than 4,…

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

The premier prize for American fiction The Pulitzer Prize for fiction, first given in 1918, is widely recognized as one of the biggest prizes in the American publishing industry. Before 1948, the…

Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, 1st earl ofRipon, Frederick John Robinson, 1st earl ofrĭpˈən [key], 1782–1859, British statesman, better known as Viscount Goderich. Entering Parliament…