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  • 21Cranach, Lucas, the Elder — orig. Lucas Müller born 1472, Cranach, bishopric of Bamberg died Oct. 16, 1553, Weimar, Saxe Weimar German painter and printmaker. He took his name from the town of his birth. Little is known about his early life or training. In Vienna (с… …

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  • 22Robinson, Edwin Arlington — born Dec. 22, 1869, Head Tide, Maine, U.S. died April 6, 1935, New York, N.Y. U.S. poet. He attended Harvard briefly, then he endured years of poverty and obscurity before his poetry began to attract attention. He is best known for short dramatic …

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  • 23Antonio Vieira —     Antonio Vieira     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Antonio Vieira     Missionary, diplomat, orator, b. at Lisbon, 6 February, 1608; d. at Bahia, Brazil, 18 July, 1697. Brought when a child to Bahia, he studied under the Jesuits, and entered the… …

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  • 24Physician’s Tale, The —    by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1386)    The Physician’s Tale is one of the least admired of CHAUCER’s CANTERBURY TALES. Coming directly before the universally admired PARDONER’S TALE in what is generally called “Fragment VI” of the Tales, the… …

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  • 25BOURDALOUE, LOUIS —    a French Jesuit, born at Bourges, called the king of preachers, and preacher of kings ; one of the most eloquent pulpit orators of France; did not suffer by comparison with Bossuet, his contemporary, though junior; one of the most earnest and… …

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  • 26lose — I. v. a. 1. Be deprived of, fail to keep, let slip, let slip through the fingers. 2. Forfeit, fail to win, fail to obtain. 3. Waste, squander, misspend, throw away, make no use of. 4. Deprive, dispossess of. 5. Displace, dislodge, displant. 6.… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 27biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 28Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …

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  • 29Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …

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  • 30Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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