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Themis
Themis , in Greek religion and mythology, a Titan. Sometimes identified as an earth goddess, she was more commonly a goddess of law, order, and justice. She was the mother by Zeus of the Horae (the Seasons) and the Moerae (the Fates). It was also said that she was the mother of Prometheus by Iapetus... Read more
Bernard of Cluny
Bernard of Cluny or Bernard of Morlaix , fl. 1150, French Cluniac monk, of English parentage. He wrote De contemptu mundi [on contempt for the world], a poem in 3,000 hexameters. On it Horatio Parker based his oratorio Hora novissima, and from it John Mason Neale drew the words of Jerusalem... Read more
John Brown
John Brown 1810-82, Scottish essayist. He was a physician. His writing was collected in Horae Subsecivae (3 vol., 1858-82), which included his unique picture of a dog, Rab and His Friends (1859), and a memoir of that gifted child known to Walter Scott's circle as "Pet Marjorie," Marjorie F... Read more
William Paley
William Paley 1743-1805, English theologian. Ordained in 1767, he lectured on moral philosophy at Christ's College, Cambridge. Made a prebendary of the cathedral church of Carlisle (1780), he became archdeacon of the diocese (1782), and chancellor (1785), the year he published Principles of Moral ... Read more
Charles University
Charles University at Prague, Czech Republic; also called Univ. of Prague. The oldest and one of the most important universities of central Europe, it was founded in 1348 by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, for whom it is named. The faculty was organized in four so-called nations, the Czech, Saxon, B... Read more
Manuel González Prada
Manuel González Prada , 1848-1918, Peruvian writer and political reformer, b. Lima. One of the most brilliant figures in Spanish American letters, he was a master of satire and invective. With apostolic zeal he took up the defense of the exploited indigenous people, and in his eloquent essays... Read more
Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus 1361-1419, Holy Roman emperor (uncrowned) and German king (1378-1400), king of Bohemia (1378-1419) as Wenceslaus IV, elector of Brandenburg (1373-76), son and successor of Emperor Charles IV. He was, even more than his father, a Bohemian rather than German king. Although gifted, he was g... Read more
Bohemia
Bohemia Czech Čechy, historic region (20,368 sq mi/52,753 sq km) and former kingdom, in W and central Czech Republic . Bohemia is bounded by Austria in the southeast, by Germany in the west and northwest, by Poland in the north and northeast, and by Moravia in the east. Its natural boundari... Read more

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Horae
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Horae , in Greek religion and mythology, goddesses of...cults of their own. The number and names of the Horae differed from region to region. According to Hesiod, there were three Horae—Eirene or Irene (peace), Dice or Dike...
William Paley
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...political views. Paley was the author of four books. He published The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy in 1785. Horae Paulinae, a defense of the New Testament, appeared in 1790. A view of the Evidences of Christianity, issued in 1794, achieved...
Irene
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Irene in Greek religion and mythology: see Horae .
Watts, Isaac
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...1748), became a minister, but was forced into early retirement by ill health. He published four collections of verse, Horae Lyricae (1706), Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707), Divine Songs for the Use of Children (1715), and The Psalms of David...
Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...controversial theological subjects to periodicals. Among his works were A History of the Criminal Law in England (1883), Horae Sabbaticae (1892, collected articles from the Saturday Review ), and Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (1873, re-published...
John Brown
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition John Brown 1810-82, Scottish essayist. He was a physician. His writing was collected in Horae Subsecivae (3 vol., 1858-82), which included his unique picture of a dog, Rab and His Friends (1859), and a memoir of...
Brown, Dr John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Brown, Dr John (1810–82), Edinburgh physician and essayist, most of whose writings are contained in his three volumes of Horae Subsecivae (1858–82), including Marjorie Fleming and the memorable dog story Rab and his Friends .
Auden, W. H.
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...later collections include Nones (1951, NY; 1952, London), The Shield of Achilles (1955), which includes ‘Horae Canonicae’ and ‘Bucolics’, and Homage to Clio (1960), which includes a high proportion...
Eirene
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Eirene see Horae .
Eunomia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Eunomia : see Horae .

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Orderliness
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...and example of orderliness and moral conduct. [Br. Lit.: Mansfield Park , Magill I, 562 – 564] Eunomia one of Horae; goddess of order and harmony. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 95] Fogg, Phileas British gentleman who regimented whole life minutely...
Justice
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Bishop presided impartially over the ecclesiastical trial of Joan of Arc. [Fr. Hist.: EB , (1963) V, 60] Dike one of Horae; personification of natural law and justice. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 85] Gideon v. Wainwright established right of all...
Horner, William George
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Approximation, ” in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , 109 (1819), 308 – 335; “ Horae arithmeticae, ” in T. Leybourn, ed., The Mathematical Repository , V, pt. 2 (London, 1830); and “...
Lightfoot, John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...Westminster Assembly , in which he opposed the extreme Presbyterians . He assisted B. Walton with the Polyglot Bible of 1657. His Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae (1658–78) was designed to show the bearing of Jewish studies on the interpretation of...
Auden, Wystan Hugh
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...evident in a Christmas oratorio (written for Benjamin Britten), For the Time Being (1944) and a reflection on Good Friday, Horae Canonicae (1955). Acknowledgement of guilt becomes the ground of freedom: to live in the tangle of human history makes one...
Paley, William
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Paley, William (1743–1805), author of the Evidences of Christianity . His Horae Paulinae (1790), written to prove the historicity of the events recorded in the NT by a comparison of the accounts of St Paul...

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W. H. AUDEN'S "VESPERS": A CHRISTIAN REFUTATION OF UTOPIAN DREAMS OF ULTIMATE FULFILLMENT.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature; 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Postscript: The Frivolous & the Earnest" Horae Canonicae is W. H. Auden's poetic hermeneutic...Christian tradition of prayer and worship. Horae Canonicae derives its shape and rhythm...from insignificance. The setting of Horae Canonicae is Good Friday, the day of the...
W.H. Auden's "Vespers": A Christian refutation of Utopian dreams of ultimate fulfillment
Magazine article from: Renascence; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Postscript: The Frivolous & the Earnest" Horae Canonicae is W. H. Auden's poetic hermeneutic...from insignificance. The setting of Horae Canonicae is Good Friday, the day of the...Christian conception of salvation history. In Horae Canonicae Auden follows the liturgical...
Thoughts of The Times; Eulogy for the Passing of A Great Korean.
Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea); 3/19/2000; 700+ words ; ...accomplishments. We his students and followers call him Horae seon-saeng-nim. ``Horae'' is an affectionate term for a tiger, referring...a highly honorific title of a teacher, and our Horae was one of the best -- educating the spirits of...
Days of Heaven; In Baltimore, Medieval Books of Hours
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/1/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...incantations. The Book of Hours, or Horae-a calendar of holy days to celebrate...the first exhibit solely devoted to the Horae. Of the 119 volumes on exhibit, 102 are...affluent but no less pious owners. Owners of Horae frequently wrote their family trees in...
The Luttrell Psalter and the making of 'Merrie England'.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...another manuscript masterpiece in his possession, the Bedford Horae. Both appeared destined to leave the country. Things turned...13s.6d. towards buying back the Psalter and the Bedford Horae from Morgan, was published in the British Museum Quarterly...
FEATHER TREES\ FIRST POPULAR IN THE VICTORIAN ERA, FEATHER TREES HAVE MADE A COMEBACK.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 11/26/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...the first artificial trees, said Melinda Rahe, co-owner of HoRae! Feather Trees in Covington.What most owners prize about...feather trees include: Melinda Rahe and Greg Hoh, partners in HoRae! Feather Trees, Covington. Information: horaefeathertrees...
GERMAN FEATHER TREES MAKING A COMEBACK.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 11/26/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...the first artificial trees, said Melinda Rahe, co-owner of HoRae! Feather Trees in Covington. What most owners prize about...seven kids," Hoetker said. For more information, visit the HoRae! Feather Trees Web site at horaefeathertrees.com or the Twins...
My turn; Honesty about past problems will help keep students safe; St. Paul's wants to hear from alumni mistreated by faculty A safe place; Caring atmosphere
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 12/8/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...because of this self-examination. One such moment in our history was addressed in the 2002 summer issue ofAlumni Horae. As the Horae article explained, a group of alumni from the forms [classes] of 1975 and 1976 came forward in 2000 and told...
Friday 6 APRIL ; CHOICES
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 4/1/2007; 500 words ; ...Macdonald star. Adapted from the novel by Irvine Welsh. Radio: Horae Canonicae by W H Auden 7am Radio 3 For those of a monastic bent...being a direct account of the hours before Christ's death, Horae Canonicae is a reflection on the events of Good Friday. It...
The Diocesan Revival in the Church of England, c. 1800-1870
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...more extensive and systematic. The publication in 1835 of the "manifesto" of the revival of rural deans, William Dansey's Horae decanicae rurales, marked, not the initiation of a movement, but recognition of its existence already across the dioceses...