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hexameter
hexameter [Gr.,=measure of six], in prosody, a line to be scanned in six feet (see versification ). The most celebrated hexameter measure is dactylic, which was the meter for most Greek and Latin poetry. In dactylic hexameter each foot may have a long syllable followed by two shorts, except the... Read more |
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Christina Georgina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti , 1830-94, English poet; sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti . Publication of some of her poems in her brother William's magazine the Germ was her only contribution to Pre-Raphaelite activities. She was a devout Anglican and lived the last 15 years of her life as a... Read more |
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Giambettino Cignaroli
Cignaroli, Giambettino (b Verona, 4 July 1706; d Verona, 1 Dec. 1770). Italian historical, religious, and decorative painter, active mainly in and around Verona. Cignaroli was the leading artist of his period there, working in an elegantly classical style. He was also a writer; in 1749 he... Read more |
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classic
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classical
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Fronto
Fronto (Marcus Cornelius Fronto) , fl. 2d cent., Roman teacher and rhetorician, b. Numidia, Africa. Antoninus Pius made him consul in 143. A successful teacher and government official, Fronto was an admirer of the early Latin writers and tried unsuccessfully to bring about a renaissance. His... Read more |
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Dana Ivey
IVEY, Dana 1942(?)–PERSONALFull name, Dana Robins Ivey; born August 12, 1942 (some sources cite August 14 or 1941), in Atlanta, GA; daughter of Hugh Daugherty Ivey (a physicist and professor) and Mary Nell Ivey Santacroce (an actress, teacher, and speech therapist); maiden name, McKoin). Education:... Read more |
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Judah Leon Gordon
Judah Leon Gordon 1830-92, Russian-Hebrew novelist and poet, b. Vilna. As teacher and writer he was one of the leaders in the renaissance of a progressive culture among the Jews (see Haskalah ) and he was an indefatigable foe of obscurantism. His historical poems were followed by satirical works... Read more |
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Jacques Sarrazin
Jacques Sarrazin , 1588-1660, French sculptor and painter, a founder (1648) and rector (1654) of the Académie royale. He spent years (1610-c.1627) in Rome and was one of the first to carry the classicizing trend to France. Examples of his work are the caryatids for Lemercier's Pavillon de... Read more |
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Teachers can be classic acts
...case you don't think that teachers make a HUGE impact on our...adults what their most vivid teacher memory is, the stuff they...My fourth-grade teacher, Miss Murray, had a huge...around the room. My Spanish teacher, Mr. Leone, did this completely...where he ... |
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Do you know Tom Cruise?
...Our travel group of teachers, librarians, and seasoned...sharp word from the teacher, though, silence fell...English now," the teacher said. I sat with a...was not possible. The teacher asked the students to...voices rose and fell in a ... |
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The Cat according to adults.(Originated from The Orange County Register)
...inside, bored. And then her teacher pulled out a new book and...schoolchildren as a substitute teacher. ``You don't have to...recognizable to young readers. The singsong verse made the book and others...Though many parents and teachers tend to read the Seuss ... |
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Mrs. Zajac's Class Act
...ever win a statewide Teacher of the Year award...descends into sappy singsong, as though writing...and turn each into a teacher of sorts. Had Kidder...involvement, like those classics of American educational...gratitude, that a good teacher ... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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TONI MORRISON'S FABLE OF HOW PARENTS BOX THEIR KIDS IN
...Sun/Hyperion, $19.99 A singsong refrain, with its weird images...children at play. Inspired by a teacher who told Slade as a boy that...adults -- whether scowling teachers or nasty neighbors -- decide...seems destined to become a classic, beloved for either ... |
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Fear Of Flying!
...eleven years old. My drum teacher was leading me through Jim Chapin's classic book, Advanced Techniques...my funk. Miracle one: My teacher said, "My other student...pattern. (It's a simple singsong! It could have lyrics like... |
 "Scotland on Sunday (Edinburgh, Scotland)")
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Many Unthanks
...neighbours Jamie and Emily are of flinging classic novels on the pyre because they're called Bookless. "I had a Latin teacher at school called Smellie," I say...d always bung on the stereo for a singsong. There was one song about cod liver... |
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Life as art: character study: Anna Deavere Smith as herself.(Biography)
...today. When Smith finally rings, her singsong voice has a trace of the disheveled professor...echoes German poet Rainer Maria Rilke's classic text, but in the book itself there are...says, sounding now like the dedicated teacher she is. Racism persists, no doubt... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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On the Flye: Theater founder acts boldly to focus area's attention on the...
...made its name by starting traditional classics, such as Gilbert and Sullivan's...the play's title. A nursery school teacher merrily chirps her imaginary charge...in a while, she stops to call out, singsong: "Geoooorge!" Pause, lowering her... |
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LIFE As ART
...today. When Smith finally rings, her singsong voice has a trace of the disheveled professor...echoes German poet Rainer Maria Rilke's classic text, but in the book itself there are...says, sounding now like the dedicated teacher she is. Racism persists, no doubt... |
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