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  • 21Pope Boniface VIII —     Pope Boniface VIII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Boniface VIII     (BENEDETTO GAETANO)     Born at Anagni about 1235; died at Rome, 11 October, 1303. He was the son of Loffred, a descendant of a noble family originally Spanish, but long… …

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  • 22populace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Common people Nouns 1. populace; the people, multitude, crowd, masses; bourgeoisie; commonalty; democracy; common people, lower classes, hoi polloi, rank and file, the ruck, folk, proletariat, plebs,… …

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  • 23Mongolian literature —       literature written in any of the Mongolian languages of east central Asia.       Traditionally, üligers, orally transmitted epic stories in verse, have constituted the bulk of native literary expression. These highly stylized stories relate …

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  • 24George Peacock — Infobox Scientist name = George Peacock box width = 300px image width = 170px caption = birth date = April 9, 1791 birth place = Denton, Yorkshire, England death date = November 8, 1858 death place = Pall Mall, London, England residence = England …

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  • 25cast — 01. The entire [cast] came to our school to perform a couple of scenes from the play. 02. She had her leg in a [cast] for over 2 months after breaking it skiing. 03. Courtney Cox was originally [cast] as Rachel in the television show Friends, but …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 26Nicholas Biddle (banker) — This article is about Nicholas Biddle the banker. For Nicholas Biddle the naval officer, see Nicholas Biddle (naval officer). Nicholas Biddle portrait by William Inman, c.1830s Born January 8, 1786 …

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  • 27Throng — Throng, n. [OE. [thorn]rong, [thorn]rang, AS. ge[thorn]rang, fr. [thorn]ringan to crowd, to press; akin to OS. thringan, D. & G. dringen, OHG. dringan, Icel. [thorn]ryngva, [thorn]r[ o]ngva, Goth. [thorn]riehan, D. & G. drang a throng, press,… …

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  • 281549 — Year 1549 (MDXLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Kingdom of England, it was known as The Year of the Many Headed Monster , because of the unusually high number of… …

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  • 29гидра стоглавая — (иноск.) бесконечное зло Ср. Он не мог отбиться от смешанного чувства ревности, досады, злобы и мести, от этой гидры, у которой вырастает сто голов вместо одной отсеченной. Даль. Червонорусские предания. 8. Ср. Страшит не работа, не труды, а эти… …

    Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона

  • 30Гидра стоглавая — (иноск.) безконечное зло. Ср. Онъ не могъ отбиться отъ смѣшаннаго чувства ревности, досады, злобы и мести, отъ этой гидры, у которой вырастаетъ сто головъ вмѣсто одной отсѣченной. Даль. Червонорусскія преданія. 8. Ср. Страшитъ не работа, не труды …

    Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)