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71Belshazzar (Handel) — Belshazzar (HWV 61) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The libretto was by Charles Jennens, and Handel abridged it considerably.G.F. Handel, Belshazzar , ed. Friedrich Chrysander. Leipzig: 1864. Reprint by Kalmus Miniature Scores. Melville …
72Shanghai Russians — The term Shanghai Russians refers to a sizable Russian diaspora that flourished in Shanghai, China between the World Wars. By 1937 it is estimated that there were as many as 25,000 anti Bolshevik Russians living in the city, the largest European… …
73Nabal (Handel) — George Frideric Handel …
74English Revolution of 1688 — • The history of the Revolution resolves itself into a catalogue of various ill judged measures which alienated the support of the Established Church, the Tory party, and the nation as a whole Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. English… …
75The Sacrament of Penance — The Sacrament of Penance † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… …
76The Theatre — The Theatre † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Theatre Considering the tone of what is preserved to us of the works of the Greek tragedians and even of the comedies of Plautus and Terence, it seems at first difficult to understand the… …
77by\ inches — adv. phr. By small or slow degrees; little by little; gradually. The river was rising by inches. They got a heavy wooden beam under the barn for a lever, and managed to move it by inches. He was dying by inches …
78little — [lit′ l] adj. littler or less or lesser, littlest or least [ME littel < OE lytel (akin to Ger dial. lützel) < base of lyt, small (< IE base * leud , to stoop > Welsh lludded, fatigue), infl. by ON litill, small (akin to Goth leitils)… …
79increep — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English increpen, from in (II) + crepen to creep more at creep : to enter bit by bit or by slow degrees : creep in the increeping frost …
80by small and small — phrasal : by slow degrees : bit by bit * * * by small and small (Shakespeare) Little by little • • • Main Entry: ↑small …
