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Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset (24 January 1638- 29 January 1706) was an English poet and courtier, son of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset (1622-1677). His mother was Frances Cranfield, sister and heiress of Lionel, 3rd Earl of Middlesex, to whose estates and title he succeeded in 1674, being created Baron Cranfield and 4th Earl of Middlesex in 1675. He succeeded to his father's estates and title in August 1677. He was educated privately, and spent some time abroad with a private tutor, returning to England ...

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A British sitcom is a situation comedy (sitcom) produced in the United Kingdom. Like sitcoms in most other countries, they tend to be based around a family, workplace or other institution where a group of contrasting characters can be brought together. A common factor is the exploration of social mores, often with a healthy dollop of satire or bathos, in contrast to the sometimes uplifting sentiments of many American sitcoms. British comedies are typically produced in series of six episodes each. British sitcom - Charact ...

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• British sitcom - Characteristics
• British sitcom - History
• British sitcom - British sitcoms overseas
• British sitcom - United States
• British sitcom - Australia
• British sitcom - Canada
• British sitcom - Some popular British sitcoms

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James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced "double-oh seven"), is a fictional British spy introduced by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. Fleming wrote numerous novels and short stories based upon the character and, after his death in 1964, further literary adventures were written by Kingsley Amis (pseudonym "Robert Markham"), John Pearson, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, and Charlie Higson; in addition, Christopher Wood wrote two screenplay novelisations and other authors have also written ...

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• James Bond - Overview
• James Bond - The character
• James Bond - The franchise
• James Bond - Biography of James Bond
• James Bond - Novels
• James Bond - By Ian Fleming
• James Bond - Post-Fleming James Bond novels
• James Bond - Young Bond
• James Bond - The Moneypenny Diaries
• James Bond - Other Bond-related fiction
• James Bond - Films
• James Bond - Official
• James Bond - Unofficial
• James Bond - Other films pertaining to James Bond
• James Bond - Music
• James Bond - Video games
• James Bond - Comic strips and comic books
• James Bond - Bond characters
• James Bond - Vehicles & gadgets
• James Bond - Trivia

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Clarence Seward Darrow (April 18, 1857 in Kinsman, Ohio – March 13, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American lawyer, best known for having defended teenaged thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14 year old Bobby Franks (1924) and defending John T. Scopes in the so-called "Monkey" Trial (1925), opposing the famous prosecutor William Jennings Bryan. He remains famous for his wit, compassion and agnosticism that have marked him as one of the most famous American lawyers and civil libertarians.

An adage is a short, but memorable saying, which holds some important fact of experience that is considered true by many people, or it has gained some credibility through its long use. Adages may be interesting observations, practical or ethical guidelines, or pessimistic comments on life. Some adages are products of folk wisdom which attempt to summarize some basic truth; these are generally known as proverbs. An adage which describes a general rule of conduct may be known as a "maxim". A pithy expression which has not necessa ...

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François-Marie Arouet (November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire (also called The Dictator of Letters), was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher. Voltaire is well-known for his sharp wit, philosophical writings, and defense of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and the right to a fair trial. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform despite strict censorship laws in France and harsh penalties for those who broke them. A satirical polemist ...

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• Voltaire - Frederick the Great
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• Voltaire - Works
• Voltaire - Major works
• Voltaire - Plays
• Voltaire - Poetry
• Voltaire - Prose and romances
• Voltaire - Historical
• Voltaire - Philosophy
• Voltaire - Miscellaneous
• Voltaire - Correspondence
• Voltaire - Legacy
• Voltaire - Quotations
• Voltaire - Misattribution

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In literary terms, a conceit is an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs an entire poem or poetic passage. By juxtaposing images and ideas in surprising ways, a conceit invites the reader into a more sophisticated understanding of an object of comparison. In the Renaissance, the term (which is related to the word concept) indicated any particularly fanciful expression of wit, and was later use ...

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Charm can have the following meanings: In paranormal magic: An amulet or talisman A spell; when a charm is a spell, it is usually traditional in form and often in verse. See also: hoodoo, pow-wow (folk magic), vodun, knocking on wood. Similar to blessing, the infusion of something with holiness, divine will, or one's hopes Charmer, a practitioner of folk magic In quantum physics: Charm quark, a subatomic particle Charm (quantum n ...

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Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 - May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. (According to some sources he was born on August 9.) Fort is best known for his books, in which he compiled — with his characteristic wry, tongue in cheek sense of humor — many accounts of odd, inexplicable or strange events, usually taken from newspapers or scientific journals. Fort's books sold well, and remain in print. The term Forteana is sometimes used to describe various anomalous phenomena.Including:

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According to the website habidabad.com, Thra is the name of the planet created by Jim Henson for his film, The Dark Crystal. It is a planet with three suns, so it does not contain the dualities of day and night, nor the summer and winter of planet Earth. The most important element on the planet is a huge crystal, which was erected by the planet's ruling UrSkeks and which once bathed the planet Thra in a healthy light. It is housed in the magnificent Castle of ...

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Mo was born in St. Johns, Arizona, a son of Levi Stewart Udall. He lost one of his eyes following an infection as a child, and wore a glass eye for the rest of his life. He attempted to enlist in the Army early in World War II, and almost succeded, by covering his glass eye each time he was told alternate during the eye exam. After he was medically cleared, another potential enlistee complained that he had been medically rejected for flat feet, while Udall had been cleared with a blind eye. This caused the examiners to retest Udall under closer scrutiny, and he was rejected. Later, medical standards changed and Mo serve ...

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Jesse Custer - Genesis. During a sermon, Jesse was suddenly struck by a supernatural force that would later become identified as Genesis, grafting itself to Jesse's soul and releasing an explosion of energy that destroyed the church and the town, killing the whole population. By a well-timed coincidence, Tulip had hitched a lift with an Irishman named Cassidy after having just bungled her first job as an assassin. The two discovered Jesse among the rubble of the church and, after some discussion, agreed to help h ...

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Jesse Custer, Jesse Custer - Early Days, Jesse Custer - Childhood, Jesse Custer - Young Manhood & Tulip, Jesse Custer - Finding God, Jesse Custer - Genesis, Jesse Custer - On the Road, Jesse Custer - The End of The Road, Jesse Custer - The Bastard and His Girl, Jesse Custer - Remember The Alamo, Jesse Custer - Trivia

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The epigram originated in Greece as a form for inscription on a monument or grave, hence the word 'epigram' from the Greek words meaning 'to write on'. Epigrams were thus much shorter than lyric poetry which developed from forms designed for performance accompanied by musical instruments. One such monument inscription is Simonides's epitaph for the Spartan dead after the Battle of Thermopylae,which can be found in Herodotus' work The Histories (7.228), to the Spartans: See also:

Epigram, Epigram - Ancient Greek, Epigram - Ancient Roman, Epigram - Poetic epigrams, Epigram - Non-poetic epigrams, Epigram - Other Definitions

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Being unable to hear is only a part of being Deaf. In fact, when the word is used in the cultural sense, hearing is one of the least important criteria used to delineate group membership. Many persons that are labeled hearing or hard-of-hearing from the medical perspective are labeled or would label themselves as Deaf from the cultural perspective. Similarly, a person who self-identifies as Deaf may in fact have much more hearing than one who self-identifies as either hearing or hard-of-hearing. The use of the cultural label is a declaration of personal identity much m ...

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Deaf culture, Deaf culture - Background, Deaf culture - Validity as a culture, Deaf culture - Group attributes, Deaf culture - Mainstream recognition of Deaf culture, Deaf culture - Books, Deaf culture - Deaf Media

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Voltaire - Early Years. Voltaire's mother died when he was seven years old. At age nine, he was sent to the Jesuit Collège Louis-le-Grand, and remained there until 1711. Though he derided the education he had received, claiming he learned nothing other than "Latin and the stupidities," it formed the basis of his considerable knowledge and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to theater. When he graduated and returned home at the age of seventeen, Voltaire planned to start a career in writing, but his fa ...

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Voltaire, Voltaire - Biography, Voltaire - Early Years, Voltaire - Exile to England, Voltaire - Return to Paris, Voltaire - Cirey, Voltaire - Frederick the Great, Voltaire - Ferney, Voltaire - Works, Voltaire - Major works, Voltaire - Plays, Voltaire - Poetry, Voltaire - Prose and romances, Voltaire - Historical, Voltaire - Philosophy, Voltaire - Miscellaneous, Voltaire - Correspondence, Voltaire - Legacy, Voltaire - Quotations, Voltaire - Misattribution

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James Bond - The character. Commander James Bond is an agent of the international arm of the British Secret Service, now known as MI6, under which he holds the code number "007". The 'double-oh' prefix indicates his discretionary licence to kill in the performance of his duties. Fleming named James Bond after an ornithologist of the same name who had written Birds of the West Indies. Fleming, a keen birdwatcher, was in Jamaica with a copy of Bond's field guide when he chose Bond's name for the lead ...

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James Bond, James Bond - Overview, James Bond - The character, James Bond - The franchise, James Bond - Biography of James Bond, James Bond - Novels, James Bond - By Ian Fleming, James Bond - Post-Fleming James Bond novels, James Bond - Young Bond, James Bond - The Moneypenny Diaries, James Bond - Other Bond-related fiction, James Bond - Films, James Bond - Official, James Bond - Unofficial, James Bond - Other films pertaining to James Bond, James Bond - Music, James Bond - Medium Dry Vodka Martini with Lemon Peel Shaken not stirred, James Bond - Video games, James Bond - Comic strips and comic books, James Bond - Bond characters, James Bond - Vehicles & gadgets, James Bond - Trivia

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Boswell returned to London in February 1766, accompanied by Rousseau's mistress. After spending a few weeks in the capital, he returned to Scotland to take his final law exam. He passed the exam and became an advocate. He practiced for over a decade, during which time he spent no more than a month every year with Johnson. Boswell married his cousin, Margaret Montgomerie, in November 1769. She remained faithful to Boswell, despite his infidelities, until her death of tuberculosis in 1789. Despite his relative literary success with acco ...

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James Boswell, James Boswell - Early life, James Boswell - European travels, James Boswell - Mature life, James Boswell - Quotes, James Boswell - Discovery of papers, James Boswell - Works

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He was born in Camberwell, Surrey, the second son of Robert and Sarah Wiedemann Browning. His father was a man of fine intellect and equally fine character, who worked as a well-paid clerk in the Bank of England and so managed to amass a library of around 6000 books — many of them highly obscure and arcane. Thus Robert was raised in a household with good literary resources. His mother, to whom he was ardently attached, was a devout Nonconformist, the daughter of a German shipowner who had settled in Dundee, and was alike intellectually and ...

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To create a background story for their announcer, Channel 4 created a one-hour TV movie describing the story of the creation of the computer-generated person. Titled 20 Minutes into the Future, the movie was a dystopic look at a run-down near-future dominated by television and large corporations. It introduced television reporter Edison Carter and his efforts to expose corruption and greed. In the pilot episode, Edison is hunted down by his own employer, Network 23. In the process, he is injured and his mind is digitized into a comput ...

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Max Headroom, Max Headroom - Character, Max Headroom - TV show, Max Headroom - Episode Listing, Max Headroom - Season 1, Max Headroom - Season 2, Max Headroom - Predictions, Max Headroom - Influences, Max Headroom - U.S. series cast

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In 1919 her career took off while writing theatre criticism for Vanity Fair, initially as a stand-in for the vacationing P.G. Wodehouse. At the magazine she met Robert Benchley, who became a close friend, and Robert E. Sherwood. They began lunching at the Algonquin Hotel, among the founding members of the Algonquin Round Table. They were soon joined by Franklin Pierce Adams and Alexander Woollcott, both newspaper columnists who helped publ ...

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Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker - Early life, Dorothy Parker - The Round Table years, Dorothy Parker - Hollywood and later life, Dorothy Parker - Parker in culture, Dorothy Parker - Publications, Dorothy Parker - Books on Parker

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