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Lalo, Édouard Victor Antoine
(Encyclopedia) Lalo, Édouard Victor AntoineLalo, Édouard Victor Antoineādwärˈ vēktôrˈ äNtwänˈ lälōˈ [key], 1823–92, French composer. Lalo's opera, Le Roi d'Ys (1888), Symphonie espagnole for violin…Dowland, John
(Encyclopedia) Dowland, JohnDowland, Johndouˈlənd [key], 1563–1626, English composer, unsurpassed in his day as a lutenist. His books of Songs or Ayres (1597–1603) established him as the foremost…Downing Street
(Encyclopedia) Downing Street, Westminster, London, England. On the street are the British Foreign Office and, at No. 10, the residence of the first lord of the Treasury, who is usually (although not…Hopkins, Lemuel
(Encyclopedia) Hopkins, Lemuel, 1750–1801, American poet and physician, b. Waterbury, Conn. One of the Connecticut Wits, he collaborated with several others in writing popular political satires. He…Rodoreda, Mercè
(Encyclopedia) Rodoreda, Mercè, 1909–83, Spanish novelist writing in Catalan. Exiled for several decades in Paris and Geneva following the Spanish Civil War, Rodoreda focuses her novel Time of the…promissory note
(Encyclopedia) promissory note, unconditional written promise to pay a certain sum of money at a definite time to bearer or to a specified person on his order. Promissory notes are generally used as…prickly heat
(Encyclopedia) prickly heat (miliaria), inflammatory skin eruption due to obstruction of the sweat glands by keratin, the substance that forms the horny cells of the epidermis. It consists of…Coffin, Sir Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Coffin, Sir Isaac, 1759–1839, British naval officer, b. Boston, Mass. From a loyalist family, he fought for the British in the American Revolution and in the French Revolutionary Wars…Zoba
(Encyclopedia) Zoba or ZobahZobaboth: zōˈbə [key], in the Bible, Aramaean state, NE of ancient Palestine, at the time of Saul, David, and Solomon. It waged war on Israel. An alternate form is is…demesne
(Encyclopedia) demesnedemesnedĭmānˈ [key], land under feudalism kept by the lord for his own use and occupation as distinguished from that granted to tenants. Initially the demesne lands were worked…Trending
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