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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Good-Night

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment of a Satire on SatireBuona NotteGood-Night Published by Leigh Hunt over the signature Sigma, "The Literary Pocket-Book", 1822. It is included in the…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Love's Philosophy

by Percy Bysshe Shelley On the Medusa of Leonardo Da V...Fragment: 'Follow to the Deep ...Love's Philosophy Published by Leigh Hunt, "The Indicator", December 22, 1819. Reprinted by Mrs.…

protectorate, in international law

(Encyclopedia) protectorate, in international law, a relationship in which one state surrenders part of its sovereignty to another. The subordinate state is called a protectorate. The term covers a…

Dampier, William

(Encyclopedia) Dampier, WilliamDampier, Williamdămˈpēr [key], 1651–1715, English explorer, buccaneer, hydrographer, and naturalist. He fought (1673) in the Dutch War, managed a plantation in Jamaica…

Claude Lorrain

(Encyclopedia) Claude LorrainClaude Lorrainklōd lôrăNˈ [key], whose original name was Claude Gelée or GelléeClaude Lorrainzhəlāˈ [key], 1600–1682, French painter, b. Lorraine. Claude was the foremost…

Vancouver Island

(Encyclopedia) Vancouver Island (1991 pop. 579,921), 12,408 sq mi (32,137 sq km), SW British Columbia, Canada, in the Pacific Ocean; largest island off W North America. It is c.285 mi (460 km) long…

John Keats: Sonnets

by JohnKeatsEpistlesSleep and PoetrySonnetsTo My Brother GeorgeTo * * * * * *Written on the day that Mr. Leigh Hunt left PrisonHow many bards gild the lapses of time!To a Friend who sent me some…

1996 Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'OrSecrets and Lies, Mike Leigh (United Kingdom)Grand PrizeBreaking the Waves, Lars von Trier (Denmark)Best ActorsPascal Duquenne and Daniel Auteuil, Eighth Day (France)Best…