to be passionately fond (of)
31Francis Grant — Portrait de Sir James Brooke (1847) Sir Francis Grant (18 janvier 1803 – 1878) est un artiste écossais du XIXe siècle qui fut président de la Royal Academy. Sommaire …
32Mansur — [man soor′] A.D. 712? 775; Arab caliph (754 775): founder of Baghdad: also al Mansur * * * ▪ Indian painter also called Ustād (“Master”) Manṣūr flourished 17th century, India a leading member of the 17th century Jahāngīr studio of Mughal… …
33Boswell, James — born Oct. 29, 1740, Edinburgh, Scot. died May 19, 1795, London, Eng. Scottish friend and biographer of Samuel Johnson. Boswell, a lawyer, met Johnson in 1763 and visited him often (1772–84), making a superlatively detailed record in his journals… …
34Deccani painting — ▪ Indian art style of miniature painting that flourished from the late 16th century among the Deccani sultanates in peninsular India. The style is a sensitive, highly integrated blend of indigenous and foreign art forms. The elongated figures… …
35Port-Royal — • A celebrated Benedictine abbey which profoundly influenced the religious and literary life of France during the seventeenth century. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Port Royal Port Royal …
36George-Barthelemy Faribault — George Barthélemy Faribault † Catholic Encyclopedia ► George Barthélemy Faribault An archaeologist, b. at Quebec, Canada, 3 Dec., 1789; d. 1866. He was a first cousin of Jean Baptiste, founder of the city of Faribault, Minn., U.S.A.… …
37STURGESS, Reginald Ward (1890-1932) — painter in water colours son of Edward Richard Sturgess, cabinet maker, was born at Williamstown, Victoria on 18 June 1890. He attended the local state school and in 1905 joined the drawing school at the national gallery, Melbourne, then in the… …
38Clavier-Übung III — Johann Sebastian Bach, 1746 The Clavier Übung III, sometimes referred to as the German Organ Mass, is a collection of compositions for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, started in 1735–6 and published in 1739. It is considered to be Bach s most… …
39Queen Victoria — For other uses, see Queen Victoria (disambiguation). Victoria …
40HAWKER, ROBERT STEPHEN — a Cornish clergyman and poet; was vicar for 40 years of Morwenstow, a parish on the N. Cornwall coast; author of Cornish Ballads ; was a humane man, of eccentric ways, and passionately fond of animals; was the author of several works besides… …
