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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…Kircher, Athanasius
(Encyclopedia) Kircher, AthanasiusKircher, Athanasiusätänäˈzē&oobreve;s kĭrkhˈər [key], 1601?–1680, German Jesuit archaeologist, mathematician, biologist, philologist, astronomer, musicologist,…Terry, Dame Ellen Alicia
(Encyclopedia) Terry, Dame Ellen Alicia, 1848–1928, English actress. Of a prominent theatrical family, she made her debut at nine as Mamillius in Charles Kean's production of The Winter's Tale. She…Scientists: Earth Sciences
// Cite Geologists, geographers, naturalists, oceanographers, and paleontologists Related Links Geology Nature Weather Dinosaur Central…The Spingarn Medal
The Spingarn Medal is awarded annually by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for outstanding achievement by a Black American. 1915 Ernest E. Just 1916…Coleridge: At Nether Stowey
The BeginningsThe Rest of the StoryAt Nether Stowey The Stowey period was the blossoming time of Coleridge's genius. All the poems in this volume except the last four, and besides these "…William Williams: Letter of William Williams to the Landholder
Letter of William Williams to the LandholderWilliam WilliamsMonday, February 11, 1788Mr. Babcock: Since the Federal Constitution has had so calm, dispassionate and so happy an issue, in the…Percy Bysshe Shelley: To - ("Yet look on me")
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Mutability To - Yet look on me—take not thine eyes away, Which feed upon the love within mine own, Which is indeed but the reflected ray…Portland, William Bentinck, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia) Portland, William Bentinck, 1st earl of, 1649–1709, Dutch statesman in England. He was William III's most trusted personal adviser. In 1677 he engaged in negotiating the marriage of…William II, king of England
(Encyclopedia) William II or William RufusWilliam IIr&oomacr;ˈfus [key], d. 1100, king of England (1087–1100), son and successor of William I. He was called William Rufus or William the Red…Trending
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