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(Encyclopedia) LusignanLusignanlüzēnyäNˈ [key], French noble family. The name is derived from a castle in Poitou, built, according to legend, by Mélusine. The family was powerful in the Middle Ages…King, Martin Luther, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–68, American clergyman and civil-rights leader, b. Atlanta, Ga., grad. Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., 1951), Boston…Abernathy, Ralph David
(Encyclopedia) Abernathy, Ralph DavidAbernathy, Ralph Davidăbˈərnăthˌē [key], 1926–90, American civil-rights leader, b. Linden, Ala. A Baptist minister, he helped Martin Luther King, Jr., organize…Carol II
(Encyclopedia) Carol II, 1893–1953, king of Romania, son of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie. While crown prince, he contracted a morganatic marriage with Zizi Labrino but divorced her to marry (1921)…witenagemot
(Encyclopedia) witenagemotwitenagemotwĭtˌənəgĭmōtˈ [key] [Old Eng.,=meeting of counselors], a session of the counselors (the witan) of a king in Anglo-Saxon England. Such a body existed in each of…Frank Pee Wee King 2000 Deaths
Frank “Pee Wee” KingAge: 86 country musician who cowrote “Tennessee Waltz,” which became the state's song in 1965. He introduced polkas, cowboy songs, and waltzes to the Grand Ole Opry. Died…Amy Lowell: Francis II, King of Naples
Francis II, King of NaplesWritten after reading Trevelyan's Garibaldi and the making of ItalyPoor foolish monarch, vacillating, vain, Decaying victim of a race of kings, Swift Destiny shook…Edwin Arlington Robinson: Old King Cole
Old King ColeEdwin Arlington RobinsonIn Tilbury Town did Old King Cole A wise old age anticipate, Desiring, with his pipe and bowl, No Khan's extravagant estate. No crown annoyed his honest…Reception of Ulysses at the Palace of King Alcinous - The Odyssey
The Meeting Between Nausicaa ... Banquet in the House of Alcin... Reception of Ulysses at the Palace of King Alcinous. Thus, then, did Ulysses wait and pray; but the girl drove on…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Boneless King
Philosophers Three Uncalculating Zeal The Boneless King SOME Apes who had deposed their king fell at once into dissension and anarchy. In this strait they sent a Deputation to a…Trending
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