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(Encyclopedia) TostigTostigtŏsˈtĭg [key], d. 1066, earl of Northumbria; son of Earl Godwin of Wessex. He was banished with his father in 1051 and returned with him in their armed invasion of 1052.…Peter Godwin VAN WINKLE, Congress, WV (1808-1872)
Senate Years of Service: 1863-1869 Party: Unconditional Unionist; Republican VAN WINKLE Peter Godwin , a Senator from West Virginia; born in New York City, September 7, 1808; completed preparatory…Percy Bysshe Shelley: 'Mighty Eagle'
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Another Fragment: To MusicTo the Lord Chancellor'Mighty Eagle' Supposed to be Addressed to William Godwin Published in 1882 ("Poetical Works of P. B. S.") by Mr. H…Mary Wollstonecraft
English author Mary Wollstonecraft is the author of 1792's A Vindication for the Rights of Woman, one of the earliest treatises to advocate equal rights for women. She began publishing in the late…Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo, duca degli
(Encyclopedia) Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo, duca degliAbruzzi, Luigi Amedeo, duca deglilwēˈjē ämādĕˈō d&oomacr;ˈkä dāˈlyē abr&oomacr;tˈtsē [key], 1873–1933, Italian explorer and mountain climber;…Brewer's: Falkland
In Godwin's novel called Caleb Williams. He commits murder, and keeps a narrative of the transaction in an iron chest. Williams, a lad in his employ, opens the chest, and is caught in the…Karakorum, mountain range, Kashmir
(Encyclopedia) Karakorum or Karakoram, mountain range, extending c.300 mi (480 km), between the Indus and Yarkant rivers, N Kashmir, S central Asia; SE extension of the Hindu Kush. It covers disputed…Biographies: Newspaper, Magazine, and Television Journalists
Newspaper, Magazine, and Television Journalists Gloria Steinem See also Notable Asian-American Poets and Writers Notable Hispanic-American Figures Notable African-American Literary…Led Zeppelin
(Encyclopedia) Led Zeppelin, English pop music group formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page (1944–), singer Robert Plant (1948–), bassist John Paul Jones (1946–), and drummer John “Bonzo” Bonham (…Brewer's: Flam
Flattery for an object; blarney; humbug. (Irish, film, Anglo-Saxon, flæm, flight.) “They told me what a fine thing it was to be an Englishman, and about liberty and property ... I find it…Trending
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