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111James Boyer — Infobox Writer name = James Boyer birthdate = 1736 birthplace = London, England deathdate = 1814 deathplace = London, England occupation = Clergyman, Educator, Reverend James Boyer (Born 1736, d. 1814) Clergyman and renown headmaster of Christ’s… …
112Saturn (mythology) — Saturn (Latin: Saturnus) was a major Roman god of agriculture and harvest. In medieval times he was known as the Roman god of agriculture, justice and strength; he held a sickle in his left hand and a bundle of wheat in his right. His mother s… …
113Leyenda negra española — Para otros usos de este término, véase Leyenda negra (desambiguación). Ilustración de Theodor de Bry (1528–1598) inspirada en el siguiente pasaje de la Brevísima de fray Bartolomé de Las Casas: Tomaban las criaturas de las tetas de las madres por …
114imperious — imperiously, adv. imperiousness, n. /im pear ee euhs/, adj. 1. domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person. 2. urgent; imperative: imperious need. [1535 45; < L imperiosus commanding,… …
115Kandy — /kan dee, kahn /, n. a city in central Sri Lanka: famous Buddhist temples. 93,602. * * * Important independent monarchy in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) at the end of the 15th century and the last Sinhalese kingdom to be subjugated by a colonial power.… …
116literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
117Paul — /pawl/ for 1 3, 5; /powl/ for 4, n. 1. Saint, died A.D. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Cf. Saul (def. 2). 2. Alice, 1885 1977, U.S. women s rights activist. 3. Elliot (Harold), 1891 1958, U.S …
118United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
119Compton-Burnett, Dame Ivy — born June 5, 1884, Pinner, Middlesex, Eng. died Aug. 27, 1969, London British novelist. She graduated from the University of London and published her first novel, Dolores, in 1911. Her second, Pastors and Masters (1925), introduced the style… …
120Savonarola, Girolamo — born Sept. 21, 1452, Ferrara, duchy of Ferrara died May 23, 1498, Florence Italian preacher, religious reformer, and martyr. He joined the Dominican order in 1475 and was sent to Florence to lecture at the convent of San Marco, where he became… …
