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Gentleness Gentleness
297. Gentleness Brown, Matilda meek, mild heroine. [Br. Lit.: Cranford ] Casper the Friendly Ghost meek little ghost who desires only to make friends. [Comics: Horn, 162] Cordelia gentle daughter of Lear. [Br. Lit.: King Lear ] Eliante her kind heart contrasted with Celimene’s... Read more
Brian Bedford Brian Bedford
Brian Bedford 1935-, English actor, b. Morley, Yorkshire; studied Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. During his long career, Bedford has performed on stage in England, Canada, and the United States, notably in Five Finger Exercise (1958, New York debut), The Knack, The Misanthrope (1969),... Read more
James Wilson Marshall James Wilson Marshall
James Wilson Marshall 1810-85, American pioneer, discoverer of gold in California, b. Hunterdon co., N.J. Migrating to California for his health, he arrived at Sutter's Fort (site of present Sacramento) in 1845 and soon acquired land and livestock. After fighting in the Mexican War, he returned in... Read more
Passions Passions
PASSIONS PASSIONS. In the twenty-fifth of his Letters Concerning the English Nation (1733), Voltaire took on the defense of human nature against the seventeenth-century philosopher Pascal's misanthropic vision, which was centered around the notion of original sin. Intellectual acuity and strong... Read more
Richard Wilbur Richard Wilbur
Richard Wilbur 1921-, American poet and translator, b. New York City, grad. Amherst (B.A., 1942) and Harvard (M.A., 1947). A skillful craftsman who writes gracefully in traditional verse forms, Wilbur is always original, generally affirmative in his view of the world, and can be profound and witty,... Read more
Louis Ferdinand Celine Louis Ferdinand Celine
Louis Ferdinand Céline , 1894-1961, French author, whose real name was Louis Ferdinand Destouches. Céline wrote grim, scatological, and blackly funny novels. His first and best-known work, Journey to the End of Night (1932, tr. 1934) is based on his service at the front in World War... Read more

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