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Edward Gibbon (April 27, 1737[1] – January 16, 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament.
...he Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on May 1, 1776 by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt (d. 1830), who was the first lay prof
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...escendant of the second son of the 3rd earl. He lived in New York City at 1 Broadway in the Kennedy mansion until he was recalled to succeeded to the E
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...iola"(soender/sunder being the Anglo-Saxon infinitive, meaning "to part"),[1] likely to be reference to the valley carved by the river Wear that runs th
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Then the story is read: #1 met #2 at #3, and he said #4, she said #5, and the consequence was #6. In s
...a female pope who supposedly reigned for less than two years in the 850s,[1] based on a legend that circulated in the Middle Ages.[citation needed] Pop
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...h=9712&msg=22311&sort=date "Dinn's Notes": MDMD(14) Notes & Questions Part 1, 410.16] Also, see page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?
...tern, or fr med Lat sconsa aphetic fr absconsa (laterna) = dark (lantern), 1 a) A lantern or candlestick with a screen to protect the light from the win
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1. the limitation of the universe in respect of space and time,
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...a huge fortune for the day (£20,000, roughly £6 million in 2007 terms),[1] for a solution.
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...of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britai
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Noun: toise, f. = a former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres<br>
Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi). It is an overseas department of France. To the north
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...shed of Conococheague Creek has an area of approximately 566 square miles (1,470 km2), out of which only 65 square miles (170 km2) (12% of the area) are
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Random House's unabridged dictionary has spielers as "1. a barker, as at a circus sideshow. 2. a person with an extravagant line of
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...igures of speech, from ὄνῠμα, ónyma or ὄνομα, ónoma, "name"[1] Metonymy may also be instructively contrasted with metaphor. Both figures
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...berian ʾĒhûḏ ben‑Gērāʾ; in the Biblical Book of Judges (3:12–4:1) was the judge who fought against the Moabites, which were ruled by King Eg
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...nt Via Flaminia crosses the range. The highest point is the Monte Catria (1,701 m). The chief river is the Tiber itself: the others, among which the
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1. a scene of great disorder or ruin<br>
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Sir Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel,[1] (15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-born English astronomer
...was appointed as the organist in 1766 and gave his introductory concert on 1 Jan 1767. As the organ was still incomplete he performed his own compositi
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...13=117, 9x9=81, 9x4=36)[7] as well adding up individually to 9 (1+1+7=9, 8+1=9, 3+6=9). From/See more at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_(number) WIKI]
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1. the simplification of the plot<br>
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1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the
1. made from, or rich in starch or flour <Br>
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...f the plain near the junction of the Tigris and the Khosr Rivers within an 1,800-acre (7 km2) area circumscribed by a 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) brick rampar
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