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alexandrine
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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alexandrine, an iambic line of six feet, which is the French heroic verse, and in English is used, e.g., as the last line of the Spenserian stanza or as a variant in a poem of heroic couplets. The name is derived from the fact that certain 12th- and 13th-cent. French poems on
Alexander the Great were written in this metre.
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 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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Newmarket: Alexandrine still well weighted; View from the training centres.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 6/26/2000; ; 592 words
; ALEXANDRINE can further exploit a favourable mark...their stride in the last fortnight, and Alexandrine added to the coffers on her handicap...The runner-up has scored since and Alexandrine should have few problems with the step...
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THE MAKING OF MARRIAGE IN THIRTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND: VERB TENSE, POPULAR LEGALISM, AND THE ALEXANDRINE LAW OF MARRIAGE
Magazine article from: Texas Journal of Women and the Law; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...demonstrate a lack of understanding of the subtleties of the Alexandrine rules and their focus on the importance of verb tense. Some...Alexander III and explaining how the promulgation of the Alexandrine rules resulted in the growth of clandestine marriage. Following...
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Japan buys into Alexandrine fields.(Sojitz Corporation)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest; 9/8/2006; 700+ words
; Japan's Sojitz Corporation announced in late August that it had acquired from the US' IPR Group of Companies a 35 per cent stake in two oil fields, 80 kilometres west of Alexandria. The deal was valued at $14.5 million. Sojitz will invest $16 million over three years and plans to raise production
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Death of Emile Zola: September 20th, 1902. (Months Past).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...circumstances. Emile Zola and his wife Alexandrine returned to their house in the rue de...awake, feeling sick, but Zola stopped Alexandrine rousing the servants for what he thought...was on the floor, dead or nearly so. Alexandrine was lying on her bed, unconscious...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Star Tribune / AIA home of the month; streamlined DESIGN within reach; European couple brings their love for functional modernism to Minnetonka.(HOMES)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/7/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...UNDERWOOD; STAFF WRITER Neither Stuart nor Alexandrine Harris lived in a contemporary style...Stuart is from the United Kingdom and Alexandrine is from France) they were steeped in modern design. Alexandrine lived in an old house with the modern...
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Betting Bureau: Flag Fen can fly home; He ran into a good filly last time and is back to something like his best form.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 6/26/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...bookie, at what price would you lay Alexandrine? Sir Mark Prescott's charge doesn...Yet the world and his wife expect Alexandrine to win this afternoon, because this...the face of such strong credentials, Alexandrine has been installed 4-7 favourite in...
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 "Birmingham Mail (England)")
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We opened a treasure trove of memories - and found a new family 12,000 miles away! REUNION: Discovery of 100-year-old letters in a trunk leads to amazing meeting.(News)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 8/16/2006; 700+ words
; ...had belonged to her great-grandmother, Alexandrine Benson. "It contained the most fascinating...in our family," said Michael. Fred is Alexandrine's grandson. His father - Alexandrine's son Charles - emigrated to Australia...
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 "Courier News (Elgin, IL)")
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The storied past of the Van Ackerens, former Elginites
Newspaper article from: Courier News (Elgin, IL); 7/27/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...newspaper. One of the exceptions was Alexandrine Van Ackeren and her family, who lived...ago before resurfacing 60 years ago. Alexandrine Rosenkranz, born in Austria, and Dr...in 1897. Although not a physician, Alexandrine in 1899 advertised that she cured...
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We opened a treasure trove of memories - and found a new family 12,000 miles away! REUNION: Discovery of 100-year-old letters in a trunk leads to amazing meeting
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail; 8/16/2006; ; 614 words
; ...had belonged to her great-grandmother, Alexandrine Benson. "It contained the most fascinating...in our family," said Michael. Fred is Alexandrine's grandson. His father - Alexandrine's son Charles - emigrated to Australia...
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Critique du vers.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...century commentary on the decay of the alexandrine, Jean-Michel Gouvard sets out to...generative description of the iambic alexandrine in Spanish, a language which, unlike...Verluyten's generative work on the French alexandrine, and it is clear from the opening paragraph...
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alexandrine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
alexandrine , in prosody, a line of 12 syllables...iambic hexameter line is often called an alexandrine. The most notable example is found...contains eight iambic pentameters and an alexandrine rhyming with the last pentameter. Pope...
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Pompadour, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson (1721–1764)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...xE9; r è se Geoffrin, Claudine-Alexandrine Gu é rin de Tencin, and Marie Vichy...1742, who died suddenly, and a daughter, Alexandrine, born in 1744. Alexandrine's death in 1754 from acute appendicitis and...
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rat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...to the two species of house rat, Rattus norvegicus, the brown, or Norway, rat and R. rattus, the black, roof, or Alexandrine, rat. Both species originated in Asia, but have spread throughout the world, mostly on board ships. The black rat was...
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Protestantism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...Russian western expansion. Converts to the later form derived from missionary activity among Russians in the aftermath of the Alexandrine reforms of the mid-nineteenth century that produced groups who were variously called Shtundists, Baptists, Evangelical...
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Bonaparte, Lucien Jules Laurent
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...zoology . Bonaparte was the son of Napoleon ’ s younger brother, Lucien (1775 – 1840). His mother was Alexandrine de Bleschamp. In 1822 Bonaparte married his cousin Z é na ï de Charlotte Julie, the daughter of the king...
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