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  • 11Mary Ann Duff — Mary Ann Duff, born Mary Ann Dyke (1794 1857), was a tragic actress, in her time the greatest upon the American stage. [1] She was born in London, England, and died in New York City, USA. Her father was an Englishman, employed in the service of… …

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  • 12List of atheists (science and technology) — cience and technology thumb|right|100px|Dirac * Peter Atkins (1940 ndash;): English chemist, Professor of chemistry at Lincoln College, Oxford in England. [When asked by Rod Liddle in the documentary The Trouble with Atheism Give me your views on …

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  • 13horse — horseless, adj. horselike, adj. /hawrs/, n., pl. horses, (esp. collectively) horse, v., horsed, horsing, adj. n. 1. a large, solid hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties …

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  • 14DAWES, William (c. 1758-1836) — pioneer and scientist son of Benjamin Dawes, afterwards clerk of works at Portsmouth, was born probably about the year 1758. He entered the navy and was given a commission as second lieutenant, royal marines, in September 1779. He was on the… …

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  • 15amiability — n. Loveliness, kindliness, kindness, amiableness, benignity, amenity, affability, obligingness, winsomeness, attractiveness, kind heartedness, fellow feeling, good feeling, good humor, good temper, sweet temper, sweetness of disposition …

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  • 16Raphael — /raf ee euhl, ray fee , rah fuy el /, n. 1. (Raffaello Santi or Sanzio) 1483 1520, Italian painter. 2. one of the archangels. 3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning healing of the Lord. * * * I In the Bible and the Qurān, one of the… …

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  • 17Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction       three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present.       Like… …

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  • 18The Blessed Eucharist as a Sacrament —     The Blessed Eucharist as a Sacrament     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Eucharist as a Sacrament     Since Christ is present under the appearances of bread and wine in a sacramental way, the Blessed Eucharist is unquestionably a… …

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  • 19painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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  • 20sweet — [swēt] adj. [ME swete < OE, akin to swot, sweetness, Ger süss, sweet < IE base * swad , pleasing to taste > Gr hēdys, sweet, L suadere, to persuade & suavis, sweet] 1. a) having a taste of, or like that of, sugar b) containing sugar in… …

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