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caboose
caboose, also camboose, from the Dutch, a defunct term used to describe the galley, or cookhouse, of a small vessel. It was normally built on deck, and in shape resembled a sentry box. It was originally a wooden box or covering of the galley chimney where it came through the deck, hence probably... Read more |
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W.S. Gilbert
Gilbert, William Schwenck (1836–1911). Gilbert is one of the rare examples where the librettist is as well known as the composer. His achievement in his partnership with Sullivan was threefold. Like all good librettists, he stimulated his composer and helped him to produce colourful and... Read more |
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Saratov
Saratov , city (1991 est. pop. 910,000), capital of Saratov region, E European Russia, on the Volga River. It is a major industrial, transportation, and cultural center of the lower Volga region. Its river port is a transfer point for the agricultural products of the lower Volga valley and for... Read more |
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Spectator
Spectator English daily periodical published jointly by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele with occasional contributions from other writers. It succeeded the Tatler, a periodical begun by Steele on Apr. 12, 1709, under the pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff. The Tatler appeared twice weekly until... Read more |
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Gospel according to Mark
Gospel according to Mark 2d book of the New Testament. The shortest of the four Gospels and probably the earliest, it is usually thought to have been composed shortly before the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in AD 70. Tradition claims St. Mark as the author and St. Peter as the eyewitness... Read more |
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Peter Mark Roget
Peter Mark Roget , 1779-1869, English physician and lexicographer. For 50 years while he practiced medicine and was secretary of the Royal Society (1827-49), Roget prepared his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (1852). In successive editions supervised by him, his son, his grandson, and... Read more |
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Gueux
Gueux [Fr.,=beggars], 16th-century Dutch revolutionary party. In 1566 more than 2,000 Dutch and Flemish nobles and burghers (both Protestants and Roman Catholics) signed a document—the so-called Compromise of Breda—by which they bound themselves in solemn oath to resist the curtailment... Read more |
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