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Robert Charles Benchley
Robert Charles Benchley 1889-1945, American humorist, b. Worcester, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1912. He was drama critic of Life (1920-29) and of The New Yorker (1929-40). Benchley was known for a series of short satirical films that he wrote, directed, and acted in himself. His books, which are... Read more |
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Robert the Devil
Robert the Devil hero of a medieval legend. He was sold to the devil by his mother before his birth but upon discovering the fact did penance and was able to purify himself of his many sins. The tale may have been derived from the life of Robert I, duke of Normandy. The story exists in several... Read more |
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John Dudley duke of Northumberland
John Dudley Northumberland, duke of 1502?-1553, English statesman. The son of Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII, John was restored to his inheritance in 1512 after his father's attainder and execution (1510). Rising by means of his military ability, he became Viscount Lisle, warden of the... Read more |
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Bobby Unser
Bobby Unser 1934- American race car driver Bobby Unser came from a family of racecar drivers. He made a name for himself as a driver who pushed himself and his cars to the limit. He drove fast and hard all of the time, and has won numerous racing championships throughout his career, including... Read more |
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Jean Eugene Robert Houdin
Jean Eugène Robert Houdin or Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin , 1805-71, French conjurer and magician. Originally a clockmaker, he was celebrated for his optical illusions and mechanical devices and for his attributing his "magic" to natural instead of supernatural means. Houdin was... Read more |
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Sir Robert Cecil
Cecil, Sir Robert (1563–1612). Jacobean statesman, the younger son, but political heir, of Elizabeth I's chief minister William Cecil (Burghley). Small in stature, humpbacked, and physically frail, he devoted himself to the service of the monarchy. Following in his father's footsteps, he... Read more |
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Pedro de Luna
Pedro de Luna , 1328?-1423?, Aragonese churchman, antipope (1394-1417) with the name Benedict XIII. He was a doctor of canon law and as cardinal (1375) became an outstanding member of the Curia Romana. He supported the election of Urban VI , but later switched his allegiance to Robert of Geneva ,... Read more |
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Paraclete
Paraclete , in the New Testament, title of the Holy Spirit, often translated as "Comforter" or "Advocate." In First John, Jesus himself is the "Paraclete."... Read more |
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Gerard David
Gerard David , c.1460-1523, Flemish painter, b. Oudewater, Holland. By 1484 he had established himself in Bruges, where he remained until his death. Dependent on the art of earlier Flemish painters, such as Jan van Eyck and Robert Campin, his work displays a uniform tenderness and grace. Among his... Read more |
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Frost, Robert (Lee)
Frost, Robert (Lee) (1874–1963), American poet. In 1912 he came to England where...A Witness Tree (1942); and In The Clearing (1962). He established himself as one of the most popular of 20th-cent. American poets, admired for... |
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Code, The
...blank‐verse dramatic narrative by Robert Frost, published in North of Boston...of Salem, a prodigious worker himself. They were engaged in unloading...suffocating him. Sanders extricated himself, and showed that he recognized... |
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Robert Frost Himself.
ROBERT FROST HIMSELF by Stanley Burnshaw. Braziller, $19.95. Mr. Burnshaw's long admiration of Frost was rewarded when, in 1958, he became...Burnshaw tackled the "monster myth" himself. His book is not a conventional biography... |
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The Man With Two Brains; Whose words these are we thought we knew. But his...
...until he died in 1963, Robert Frost wrote down ideas...now that Frost scholar Robert Faggen has published...doctrine of opposites," Frost wrote in another entry...a mind, in which two Frosts--or more--whacked...ricocheted in ... |
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Robert Frost Lectures Find Fresh Audience
...07-2008 Robert Frost Lectures Find Fresh Audience Host: ROBERT SIEGELTime 20:00-21:00 PM Play Audio ROBERT SIEGEL, host: This...from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel. MELISSA BLOCK...out. SHEA: Sitar himself went to Dartmouth... |
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Robert Frost: A Life.(Review)
Robert Frost is the most famous, and...who first suggested that Robert Frost read a poem at the...Jay Parini makes clear in Robert Frost: A Life (Henry Holt...poetry now; he had turned himself, or been turned, ... |
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Jay Parini. Robert Frost: A Life.
...critical opinion presenting Frost as "a famous poet offering...volume of which covers Frost's early years (1874...discerns "a third wave" of Frost criticism, which began...and generous heart." Robert Frost Himself by S. ... |
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Robert Frost Notebooks Published for First Time
...NPR) 01-28-2007 Robert Frost Notebooks Published for...keeping - that is, it's Frost thinking and Frost thinking...And Frost presented himself as a folksy, down to...Yes, it is. LYDEN: Robert ... |
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The Notebooks of Robert Frost.(Book review)
...The Notebooks of Robert Frost. Edited by Robert Faggen. Cambridge...xxix + 809. $39.95. Robert Faggen, editor and annotator...the introduction that Robert Frost's secretary reported...now each a church unto ... |
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Robert Frost's life recited in CD-ROM
...says. Not only was Frost a great U.S. poet...that he sounds like Robert Frost - there's a wonderful...visit all the major Frost collections, to...what would the poet himself have thought of the...says. The CD ROM "Robert ... |
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Robert Frost on 'Listen America': the poet's message to America in 1956.
Though Robert Frost intensely enjoyed talking...AMERICA In the fall of 1954, Robert Frost was contacted about...the end contributed were Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg...William Saroyan, and Green himself Listen ... |
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The poet of terror For 89 years, Robert Frost confronted a painful universe,...
ROBERT FROST A Life By Jay Parini...Prize in Poetry in 1986. Robert Lee Frost, of whom T...in 1874) and named for Robert E. Lee. He had, of course...Stanley Burnshaw's "Robert Frost Himself" ... |
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