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(Encyclopedia) Shakespeare's Plays(arranged by approximate date of composition)
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Henry VI, Part II…
(Encyclopedia) Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'lwē fēlēpˈ zhôzĕfˈ [key]Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d' dük dôrlāäNˈ [key], known as Philippe…
(Encyclopedia) Edward VIII, 1894–1972, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1936), known in later years as the duke of Windsor; eldest son of George V. He attended the naval colleges at Osborne and…
(Encyclopedia) Bard College, at Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.; founded 1860 as St. Stephen's College for men; rechartered 1935 as Bard College; became coeducational in 1944; affiliated with Columbia Univ…
(Encyclopedia) 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…
(Encyclopedia) Collier, John Payne, 1789–1883, English critic, editor, and forger. The marginal notes and signatures supposedly discovered by him on original documents, especially those concerned…
(Encyclopedia) AlbanyAlbanyôlˈbənē [key], river, 610 mi (982 km) long, rising in Lake St. Joseph, W Ont., Canada, and flowing generally E into James Bay, near Fort Albany. The Kenogami and Ogoki…
(Encyclopedia) Courland or KurlandCourlandboth: kûrˈlănd, Ger. k&oomacr;rˈlänt [key], Latvian Kurzeme, historic region and former duchy, in Latvia, between the Baltic Sea and the Western Dvina…
