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121A Woman of No Importance — is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premièred on 19 April 1893 at London s Haymarket Theatre. It is a testimony of Wilde s wit and his brand of dark comedy. It looks in particular at English upper class society and has been… …
122Adam Bede — Auteur George Eliot Genre Roman Version originale Titre original Adam Bede Éditeur original William Blackwood Sons Langue originale anglais Pays d or …
123Ionians (The) — The Ionians Malcolm Schofield THALES AND OTHERS The Greeks agreed that philosophy had begun with Thales. However they did not know much about his views.1 What survives is mostly a potent legend. Herodotus tells stories of his practical ingenuity …
124Nicomachean Ethics — Part of a series on Aristotle …
125Oscar Wilde — This article is about the 19th century author. For other uses, see Oscar Wilde (disambiguation). Oscar Wilde Photograph taken in 1882 by Napoleon Sarony Born 16 October 1854(1854 10 16) Dub …
126Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon — The Countess of Avon Spouses of the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom In office 7 April 1955 – 9 January 1957 Preceded by Clementine, Lady Churchill Succeeded by Lady Dorothy Macmillan …
127crack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pop, rend, explode, bang; crackle; break, split, burst, cleave, fracture, crush; informal, fail, bust, break down. n. snap, break, fracture; crevice, crackle, craze, chink, flaw, cleft, rift, rent …
128pass — 1 verb 1 GO PAST (I, T) to come up to a particular point or object and go past it: The crowd parted to let the truck pass. | They kept quiet until the soldiers had passed. | pass sb/sth: We passed each other on the staircase. | I pass the sports… …
