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Lord George Gordon Lord George Gordon
Lord George Gordon 1751-93, English agitator, whose activities resulted in the tragic Gordon riots of 1780 in London. In 1779, Gordon assumed leadership of the Protestant Association, an organization formed to secure repeal of the Catholic Relief Act of 1778 (see Catholic Emancipation ). On June... Read more
Isolde Isolde
Isolde ♀ The name of the tragic mistress of Tristan in the Arthurian romances. There are several versions of the story. The main features are that the beautiful Isolde, an Irish princess, is betrothed to the aged King Mark of Cornwall. However, through accidentally drinking a magic potion,... Read more
Siegfried Siegfried
Siegfried or Sigurd , great folk hero of early and medieval Germanic mythology. His legend, important in several Germanic epics, recounts his killing of the dragon Fafnir, his marriage to Gudrun (or Kriemhild), his love and betrayal of Brunhild, and his tragic death. See Niebelungenlied under ... Read more
Nathanael West Nathanael West
West, Nathanael, the pseudonym of Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein (1903–40), American novelist, is known principally for two macabre and tragic novels, Miss Lonelyhearts (1933), the story of a heavy-drinking agony columnist, and The Day of the Locust (1939), a satire of Hollywood life.... Read more
Christian Friedrich Hebbel Christian Friedrich Hebbel
Christian Friedrich Hebbel , 1813-63, German tragic dramatist. Born poor, he was largely self-educated. Hegel's historical theories influenced his work, which is a link between romantic and realist drama. Hebbel's first play, Judith (1840, tr. 1914), introduced a new type of tragic character,... Read more
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen 1805-75, Danish poet, novelist, and writer of fairy tales. Reared in poverty, he left Odense at 14 for Copenhagen. He failed as an actor, but his poetry won him generous patrons including King Frederick VI. In 1829 his fantasy A Journey on Foot from the Holmen Canal to the... Read more
Matteo Bandello Matteo Bandello
Matteo Bandello , 1485-1561, Italian storywriter, a Dominican priest. He is famous for his novellas, short tales in imitation of Boccaccio, that provided themes for several 17th-century plays. Often coarse, they have considerable vitality and occasional tragic force. His version of an earlier Romeo... Read more
Elizabeth Barry Elizabeth Barry
Elizabeth Barry 1658-1713, English actress. She gained entrance to the stage through the patronage of the earl of Rochester. From the time of her appearances at the Theatre Royal (1682-95) until her last performance at the Haymarket in 1710, she was Betterton's leading lady and reigned as the... Read more
Jules Dupre Jules Dupre
Jules Dupré , 1811?-1889, French landscape painter of the Barbizon school. He excelled in portraying dramatic and tragic aspects of nature. A frequent and honored exhibitor at the Salon, Dupré spent his last years at L'Isle-Adam, where some of his best work was done. His On the Road ... Read more
James Quin James Quin
James Quin 1693-1766, English actor. He made his London debut in 1714. The successor of Barton Booth, he was the last of the declamatory school. At his best in declaiming the great tragic roles, Quin was in constant rivalry with the young Garrick until Quin left the stage in 1751. He was regarded... Read more

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Children of bushfirespaint tragic picture.
Newspaper article from: New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand) ...flames chewing up the gum trees. He pointed to a creature...in the face of so much destruction. Towns were burned off...was blackened and the trees were dead, a chilling...close the school came to destruction. Normal, Thomas acknowledged...
Time to celebrate sporting bad girls
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald ...own wilful self- destruction. When they played...Hurricane: not alone, tragic, in sheltered...roll self-destruction? The ones whose...Beverly Hills garden gum tree? There seems to...exception, self-destruction in sporting ...
Listening to the stories of our heritage.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mercury (South Africa) ...once dominated by fever trees, thornveld and Nguni...given way to sugar cane, gum trees and genetically-modified...reserve. Despite the destruction of about a quarter of...long, gripping and often tragic yarn about a people who...
New dawn
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) ...Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree.'' "I'm sure that we were kind of considered the bubble-gum kids of our day. We weren...rebounded from the brink of destruction. Orlando's life took a nose...The withdrawal followed a tragic period during which Orlando...

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