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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Juvenilia
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Queen MabNotes on the Text and Its PunctuationJuveniliaOf the following pieces the "Original Poetry by Victor and Cazire", the Poems from "St. Irvyne, or The Rosicrucian", "…Kett, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Kett or Ket, Robert, d. 1549, English rebel. He led an agrarian revolt in 1549 as a protest against the enclosure of common land for sheep grazing. With 16,000 men he blockaded Norwich…Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson
(Encyclopedia) Seligman, Edwin Robert AndersonSeligman, Edwin Robert Andersonsĕlˈĭgmən [key], 1861–1939, American economist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Columbia, 1885. As professor (1885–1931) at…Knolles, Sir Robert
(Encyclopedia) Knolles or Knollys, Sir RobertKnolles or Knollys, Sir Robertboth: nōlz [key], d. 1407, English military commander in the Hundred Years War. He became a leader of a company of…Hooke, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Hooke, RobertHooke, Roberth&oobreve;k [key], 1635–1703, English physicist, mathematician, and inventor. He became curator of experiments for the Royal Society (1662), professor of…Ayr, town, Scotland
(Encyclopedia) Ayr Ayr âr [key], town, South Ayrshire, SW Scotland, at the mouth of the Ayr River on the Firth of Clyde. Ayr is a sea resort and a port for fishing, the…Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon
(Encyclopedia) Menzies, Sir Robert GordonMenzies, Sir Robert Gordonmĕnˈzēz [key], 1894–1978, Australian statesman. A barrister, Menzies was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1934…Fludd, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Fludd or Flud, Robert, 1574–1637, English mystic philosopher. Educated at Oxford and on the Continent, he became a London physician. Strongly influenced by the mystical doctrines of…happening
(Encyclopedia) happening, an artistic event of a theatrical nature, but usually improvised spontaneously without the framework of a plot. The term originated with the creation and performance in 1959…Younger, Cole
(Encyclopedia) Younger, Cole (Thomas Coleman Younger), 1844–1916, American outlaw, b. Jackson co., Mo. After the Civil War he joined the outlaw band of Jesse James, with whom he had served as a…Trending
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