Opera (Record of the Year)Antonín Dvorák, Rusalka, Mackerras (Decca)Editor's ChoiceNaxos's British music series Baroque InstrumentalJacquet de la Guerre, Premiére livre, Carole Cerasi (…
Day 312 Day 314 Clark, October 1, 1804 1st of October Monday 1804 The wind blew hard all last night from the S. E. verry Cold Set out early the wind Still hard passed a large Island in the…
(Encyclopedia) Margaret of AnjouMargaret of Anjouănˈj&oomacr;, Fr. äNzh&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1430?–1482, queen consort of King Henry VI of England, daughter of René of Anjou. Her marriage, which…
(Encyclopedia) Edward IV, 1442–83, king of England (1461–70, 1471–83), son of Richard, duke of York. He succeeded to the leadership of the Yorkist party (see Roses, Wars of the) after the death of…
(3 syl.). All the sons of the sovereigns of Spain and Portugal bear this title, except the crown prince, who is called in Spain the Prince of Asturias. In the Middle Ages the word “childe…
A giant with three bodies; that is, Philip II. of Spain, master of three kingdoms. (Spenser: Faëric Queene, v. 11.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(Sir). One of the knights of the Round Table. In the Faëric Queene he goes after the “blatant beast” when it breaks the chain with which it had been bound by Sir Calidore. Source:…
means the “duck-king.” The old English word end means a duck, and end-ric becomes 'dric, drake. Similarly the German tauber-rich is a male dove, and ganse-rich, a male goose, or gander.…
[Pride ] lived in a splendid palace, only its foundation was of sand. The door stood always open, and the queen gave welcome to every comer. Her six privy ministers are Idleness, Gluttony…
A famous old hag, quite bald behind. Sir Guyon seized her by the forelock and threw her to the ground. Still she railed and reviled, till Sir Guyon gagged her with an iron lock; she then…
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