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21Complaisance — Com plai*sance (?; 277), n. [F. complaisance. See {Complaisant}, and cf. {Complacence}.] Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility. [1913… …
22William Empson — Sir William Empson (27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an English literary critic and poet.He is sometimes praised as the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson and William Hazlitt, and widely influential for his practice of… …
23Martha Washington — For the comic book character from Frank Miller s Give Me Liberty, see Martha Washington (comics). Martha Washington First Lady of the United States In office April 30, 1789 – March 4 …
24Romulus the Great — Friedrich Dürrenmatt s play Romulus der Große ( Romulus the Great , 1950) shows the demise of the Roman Empire in the 5th Century taking place during the day of (and the day following) the Ides of March, 476 A.D. The ruin of the Empire is calmly… …
25La dolce vita — Infobox Film name = La dolce vita image size = caption = Original movie poster director = Federico Fellini producer = Giuseppe Amato Angelo Rizzoli writer = Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli Brunello Rondi Pier Paolo Pasolini… …
26Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy — Not to be confused with Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy. Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy by Karl Brullov Born September 5 [O.S. August 24] 1817 Saint Petersburg …
27Shikata ga nai — nihongo|Shikata ga nai| is a Japanese language phrase meaning it can t be helped or nothing can be done about it . nihongo|Shō ga nai| is an alternative. Cultural associationsThe phrase has been used by many western writers to describe the… …
28The Blue Castle — Infobox Book name = The Blue Castle image caption = The 1992 paperback edition of L. M. Montgomery s book The Blue Castle . author = L. M. Montgomery country = Canada language = English genre = Romance novel publisher = McClelland and Stewart… …
29Spanish profanity — Joder redirects here. For the community in Nebraska, see Joder, Nebraska. This article is a summary of Spanish profanity, referred to in the Spanish language as lenguaje soez (low language), maldiciones (curse words), malas palabras (bad words),… …
30Arthur & George — infobox Book | name = Arthur George title orig = translator = image caption = first edition cover author = Julian Barnes cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Historical novel publisher = Jonathan Cape… …
