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Colvin, Sir Sidney
(Encyclopedia) Colvin, Sir SidneyColvin, Sir Sidneykōlˈvĭn [key], 1845–1927, English man of letters. Slade professor of fine arts at Cambridge and keeper of prints at the British Museum, he was a…Birkbeck, Morris
(Encyclopedia) Birkbeck, Morris, 1764–1825, English pioneer in the United States. One of the most advanced agriculturists in England, he had a huge farm in Surrey. In 1817 he emigrated to the United…Walafrid Strabo
(Encyclopedia) Walafrid Strabo (Walafrid the Squinter), c.809–849, German scholar, b. Swabia. Educated at the abbey of Reichenau, he wrote, at 18, a Latin verse account of a journey to the hereafter…counterpoint
(Encyclopedia) counterpoint, in music, the art of combining melodies each of which is independent though forming part of a homogeneous texture. The term derives from the Latin for “point against…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Notes on Queen Mab
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 9NOTE ON QUEEN MAB, BY MRS. SHELLEYNotes on Queen Mab Shelley's Notes 1. 242, 243:- The sun's unclouded orb Rolled through the black concave. Beyond our…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Noser and the Note
The Poet's Doom The Cat and the King The Noser and the Note THE Head Rifler of an insolvent bank, learning that it was about to be visited by the official Noser into Things, placed…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Noser and the Note
28 30 The Noser and the Note THE Head Rifler of an insolvent bank, learning that it was about to be visited by the official Noser into Things, placed his own personal note for a large amount…Search Background Notes Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Search Background Notes Find resultswith all of the words10 results20 results30 results50 results100 resultsAdvanced Searchwith the exact phrasewith at…Sims, James Marion
(Encyclopedia) Sims, James Marion, 1813–83, American gynecologist and surgeon, b. Lancaster co., S.C., M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1835. He initially practiced in Mt. Meigs and…motive
(Encyclopedia) motive or motifmotifmōtēfˈ [key], in music, a short phrase or passage of two or more notes and repeated or elaborated throughout the composition. The term is usually used synonymously…Trending
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