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William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act II, Scene I

Scene ILondon. A streetEnter Corporal Nym and Lieutenant BardolphBardolphWell met, Corporal Nym.NymGood morrow, Lieutenant Bardolph.BardolphWhat, are Ancient Pistol and you friends yet?NymFor…

Reiner, Carl

(Encyclopedia) Reiner, Carl, 1922-2020, American comedian, television producer, actor, and film director, b. Bronx, N.Y. The son of a watchmaker,…

Coleridge: Part I

Part IIPart I An ancient Mariner meeteth three Gallants bidden to a wedding-feast, and detaineth one. It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. "By thy long grey beard…

The Song of Hiawatha: Introduction

Introductory Note Introduction Should you ask me, whence these stories? Whence these legends and traditions, With the odors of the forest With the dew and damp of meadows, With the…

Rubbia, Carlo

(Encyclopedia) Rubbia, Carlo, 1934–, Italian physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Pisa, 1957. A professor of physics at the Univ. of Rome and later at Harvard, Rubbia did his most important work with Simon van…

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

(Encyclopedia) Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis, Mo. Founded in 1880, it is the country's second-oldest orchestra (the New York Philharmonic is the oldest). It performed in the Kiel Opera…

Rigaud, Hyacinthe

(Encyclopedia) Rigaud, Hyacinthe (Hyacinthe Rigaud y Ros)Rigaud, HyacintheyäsăNtˈ [key]Rigaud, Hyacinthe, [key]Rigaud, Hyacinthe rēgōˈ [key]Rigaud, Hyacinthe ē rôs [key], 1659–1743, French portrait…