Lawrence (Crash) DavisAge: 82 minor league infielder made famous by the 1988 film "Bull Durham"; Carolina League veteran, who played for Raleigh and Reidsville in addition to the Durham…
(Encyclopedia) O'Grady, Standish Hayes, 1832–1915, Irish scholar. His great work was the Silva Gadelica (1892), a collection of old Irish tales. He also translated heroic stories from the Gaelic and…
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To Mary ShelleyLove's PhilosophyOn the Medusa of Leonardo Da Vinci in the Florentine Gallery Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824. 1.
It lieth,…
One of the prominent female characters in Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered. She was a beautiful sorceress, with whom Rinaldo fell in love, and wasted his time in voluptuous pleasure. Two…
or D.C. From the beginning—that is, finish with a repetition of the first strain. A term in music. (Italian.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DabD.T. A B…
(Encyclopedia) Garrett, João Batista de AlmeidaGarrett, João Batista de AlmeidazhwouN bətēshˈtə dĭ əlmāˈdə gərĕtˈ [key], 1799–1854, Portuguese dramatist, poet, journalist, and orator, leader of the…
Mendes da Rocha, Paulo Archias
(Encyclopedia) Mendes da Rocha, Paulo Archias,
1928-2021, Brazilian architect, b. Vitoria, Brazil,
Mackenzie Presbyterian Univ. (B.Arch., 1954).…
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