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  • 1living death — n. a life of unrelieved misery …

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  • 2County Mayo — For other uses, see Mayo (disambiguation). County Mayo Contae Mhaigh Eo Coat of arms …

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  • 3Charity and Charities — • In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God as well as love of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Charity and Charities     Charity and Charities …

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  • 4Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 5dead — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. deceased, perished, defunct; lifeless, inanimate; obsolete, extinct. See death, nonexistence, insensibility.Ant., alive, living. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without life] Syn. deceased, departed,… …

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  • 6Shakespeare, William — (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, Eng. died April 23, 1616, Stratford upon Avon) British poet and playwright, often considered the greatest writer in world literature. He spent his early life in Stratford upon Avon,… …

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  • 7French literature — Introduction       the body of written works in the French language produced within the geographic and political boundaries of France. The French language was one of the five major Romance languages to develop from Vulgar Latin as a result of the …

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  • 8German literature — Introduction       German literature comprises the written works of the German speaking peoples of central Europe. It has shared the fate of German politics and history: fragmentation and discontinuity. Germany did not become a modern nation… …

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  • 9tragedy — /traj i dee/, n., pl. tragedies. 1. a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society …

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  • 10Crime and Punishment — For other uses, see Crime and Punishment (disambiguation). Crime and Punishment   …

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