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1English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
2United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
3Benjamin Franklin — Infobox Governor name=Benjamin Franklin width=180px height=220px caption=1777 Jean Baptiste Greuze portrait of Franklin. order=6th President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania office= term start=October 18, 1785 term end=December 1 …
4England (Before the Reformation) — England (Before the Reformation) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Before the Reformation) This term England is here restricted to one constituent, the largest and most populous, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.… …
5Franklin, Benjamin — born Jan. 17, 1706, Boston, Mass. died April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. American statesman, scientist, philosopher, and publisher. He was apprenticed at age 12 to his brother, a local printer. He taught himself to write effectively, and in …
6Mihail Sadoveanu — Sadoveanu redirects here. For other persons of the same name, see Sadoveanu (surname). Mihail Sadoveanu Sadoveanu in 1929, portrait by Ştefan Dimitrescu Born November 5, 1880( …
7Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …
8A Traveler from Altruria — Infobox Book | name = A Traveler from Altruria title orig = translator = image caption = Vol. XVI, No.5 (the March 1894 issue) of The Cosmopolitan , which contained Howells s Letters of an Altrurian Traveller author = William Dean Howells… …
9Jules Michelet — Portrait of Jules Michelet by Thomas Couture Jules Michelet (21 August 1798 – 9 February 1874) was a French historian. He was born in Paris to a family with Huguenot traditions. Contents …
10Nikolay Karamzin — Portrait of Karamzin by Vasily Tropinin, painted in 1818 Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin (Russian: Николай Михайлович Карамзин) (1 December 1766 – 3 June 1826) was a Russian writer, poet, historian, and critic. He is best remembered for his History …
