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Rutland (England) Rutland (England)
Rutland was for more than seven centuries a tiny county, some 17 miles across, and only one-fortieth the size of Yorkshire. It had no clear geographical definition but was pleasant, gentle, wooded countryside, hunted from the 1720s by the Cottesmore. There were only two towns, Oakham, the county... Read more
Staffordshire Staffordshire
Staffordshire , county (1991 pop. 1,020,300), 1,157 sq mi (2,997 sq km), W central England. The county seat is Stafford . The terrain is gently undulating except for a district of rugged moorlands in the north. The principal river is the Trent, which has various tributaries. Much of the land is... Read more
Aphrodite of Cnidus Aphrodite of Cnidus
Aphrodite of Cnidus. Statue by Praxiteles, made for the city of Cnidus in Asia Minor. It is now lost, but it was his most famous work in antiquity (Pliny thought it was the finest statue in the world), and was the ancestress of the modern female nude—the first life-size statue showing the... Read more
Thomas Deloney Thomas Deloney
Thomas Deloney , c.1543-c.1600, English ballad writer, fiction writer, and pamphleteer. He was a silk weaver. Deloney's chief works are three prose narratives— Jack of Newbury, Thomas of Reading, and The Gentle Craft (all c.1597)—relating to the clothier's, weaver's, and shoemaker's... Read more
General William Booth Enters into Heaven General William Booth Enters into Heaven
General William Booth Enters into Heaven, title poem of a volume by Vachel Lindsay, published in 1913. Intended to be sung to the music of the hymn The Blood of the Lamb, its vigorous drumbeat rhythms describe the apotheosis of the Salvation Army founder, who enters the gates of Paradise at the head... Read more
Zephyr Zephyr
Zephyr in classical mythology, the god of the west wind; from the late 17th century, zephyr has also been a literary term for a soft gentle breeze.... Read more
idyl idyl
idyl , short poem. The ancient idyls, especially those of Bion and Moschus, were intended as little selections in the style of such longer poems as elegies or epics. There are 10 famous idyls by the Greek Theocritus , and, since some of them dealt with pastoral or rural scenes, the term idyl came... Read more
Seventeen Seventeen
Seventeen (1918), a play by Hugh Stanislaus Stange and Stannard Mears. [Booth Theatre, 225 perf.] Teenager Willie Baxter ( Gregory Kelly), living in a small Indiana town at the turn of the century, is so smitten one summer with the visiting baby‐talking Lola Pratt ( Ruth Gordon) that he... Read more
Microwave communications Microwave communications
RESONANCE CONCEPT Though people seldom witness it directly, the entire world is in a state of motion, and where solid objects are concerned, this motion is manifested as vibration. When the vibrations produced by one object come into alignment with those of another, this is... Read more
Shetland pony Shetland pony
Shetland pony smallest breed of horse , originating in the Shetland Islands some 200 mi (322 km) N of Scotland. The Shetland resembles a miniature draft horse and has long been used for working purposes. The most popular of the ponies, it has a gentle disposition and is therefore a favorite... Read more

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