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Albigenses

(Encyclopedia) AlbigensesAlbigensesălbĭjĕnˈsēz [key] [Lat.,=people of Albi, one of their centers], religious sect of S France in the Middle Ages. In 1208 the papal legate, a Cistercian, Peter de…

August 1999 News and Events

1999 News Month-By-Month World China Launches Long-Range Missile (Aug. 2): Announcement is unusual. Beijing attacks U.S. for sale of military equipment to Taiwan in middle of crisis. NATO…

The Celtic Twilight: The Last Gleeman

by W. B. Yeats Happy and Unhappy TheologiansRegina, Regina Pigmeorum, VeniThe Last Gleeman Michael Moran was born about 1794 off Black Pitts, in the Liberties of Dublin, in Faddle Alley.…

Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Red Shoes

The Naughty BoyThe Red Shoes There was once a little girl who was very pretty and delicate, but in summer she was forced to run about with bare feet, she was so poor, and in winter wear…

symbol

(Encyclopedia) symbol, sign representing something that has an independent existence. The most important use of symbols is in language. To say so, however, does not solve the perennial philosophical…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Cenci Scene 1.3

by Percy Bysshe Shelley SCENE 1.2: Act 2 SCENE 1.3: A MAGNIFICENT HALL IN THE CENCI PALACE. A BANQUET. ENTER CENCI, LUCRETIA, BEATRICE, ORSINO, CAMILLO, NOBLES. CENCI: Welcome, my…

William Shakespeare: King John, Act V, Scene II

Scene IILewis's camp at St. EdmundsburyEnter, in arms, Lewis, Salisbury, Melun, Pembroke, Bigot, and SoldiersLewisMy Lord Melun, let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our remembrance:…