(Encyclopedia) Rilke, Rainer MariaRilke, Rainer Mariarīˈnər märēˈä rĭlˈkə [key], 1875–1926, German poet, b. Prague, the greatest lyric poet of modern Germany.
Rilke's first book of poetry, Leben…
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(Encyclopedia) tap dance, theatrical dance form in which the dancer, wearing shoes with metal heel and toe taps, beats out complex, syncopated rhythms on the floor.
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The carpenter singing his as he measures…
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by W. B. Yeats Miraculous CreaturesThe Swine of the GodsAristotle of the Books The friend who can get the wood-cutter to talk more readily than he will to anybody else went lately to see…
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born in Maysville, Mason County, Ky., February 22, 1792;
upon the death of his parents was sent to Cumberland County, Pa., where he was…
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McNAGNY William Forgy , a Representative from Indiana;
born in Talmadge, Summit County, Ohio, April 19, 1850;
moved in early life to Whitley County, Ind.;
attended the public schools and the…
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