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Babbitt, Natalie
(Encyclopedia) Babbitt, Natalie, 1932–2016, American children's book author and illustrator, b. Dayton, Ohio, as Natalie Zane Moore, grad. Smith College, 1954. She illustrated The Forty-Ninth…Mandarin
(Encyclopedia) MandarinMandarinmănˈdərĭn [key] [Port. mandar=to govern, or from Malay mantri=counselor of state], a high official of imperial China. For each of the nine grades there was a different…Kearney, Denis
(Encyclopedia) Kearney, DenisKearney, Deniskärˈnē [key], 1847–1907, American political agitator, b. Co. Cork, Ireland. He was a sailor and then a San Francisco drayman. When California suffered a…Burlingame, Anson
(Encyclopedia) Burlingame, AnsonBurlingame, Ansonbûrˈlĭng-gām [key], 1820–70, American diplomat, b. New Berlin, N.Y. He became a lawyer in Boston and later (1855–61) a Congressman. Defeated for…Parts of Speech: Adjectives: Happy Little Clouds
Adjectives: Happy Little CloudsParts of SpeechGrammarNouns: Prime-Time PlayersVerbs: All the Right MovesConjunctions: The Ties That BindPrepositions: Good Things Come in Small PackagesAdjectives:…John Keats: Happy is England! I could be ...
To Kosciusko Happy is England! I could be ... Happy is England! I could be content To see no other verdure than its own; To feel no other breezes than are blown Through its tall…John Keats: Happy is England! I could be content
by JohnKeatsTo KosciuskoHappy is England! I could be content Happy is England! I could be content To see no other verdure than its own; To feel no other breezes than are blown Through…Brewer's: Happy the People whose Annals are Tiresome
(Montesquieu.) Of course, wars, rebellions, troubles, make up the most exciting parts of history. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HapsburgHappy as a King A…Franko, Ivan
(Encyclopedia) Franko, IvanFranko, Ivanēˈvän fränˈkō [key], 1856–1916, Ukrainian writer and nationalist. His realistic novels Boryslav Laughs (1881–82) and Boa Constrictor (1878, tr. 1961) portray…Ginzburg, Natalia Levi
(Encyclopedia) Ginzburg, Natalia LeviGinzburg, Natalia Levinətälˈyə lēˈvē gĭnˈsbûrg [key], 1916–91, Italian novelist. Because she and her husband Leone Ginzburg were Jewish, they were confined to a…Trending
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