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  • 41The Love Suicides at Amijima — ( Shinjū Ten no Amijima or Shinjūten no Amijima 心中天網島) is a domestic play ( sewamono ) by Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Originally written for the jōruri puppet theatre, it was adapted into kabuki shortly after its premiere. The play… …

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  • 42The Twelve Flatheads — are fictional characters from the Zork universe. Their lives and artifacts are central to the plot of Zork Zero . They are all characteristically depressed, excessive, cruel, corrupt, and tragic. In order of seniority, they are Dimwit, John D., T …

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  • 43The Two Caskets — is a Scandinavian fairy tale included by Benjamin Thorpe in his Yule Tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions . Andrew Lang included it in The Orange Fairy Book . [Andrew Lang,… …

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  • 44The Boys with the Golden Stars — is a Romanian fairy tale collected in Rumanische Märchen . Andrew Lang included it in The Violet Fairy Book .ynopsisA herdsman had three daughters, and the youngest was the most beautiful. One day, the emperor rode by with attendants. The oldest… …

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  • 45The Seven Liberal Arts —     The Seven Liberal Arts     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Seven Liberal Arts     The expression artes liberales, chiefly used during the Middle Ages, does not mean arts as we understand the word at this present day, but those branches of… …

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  • 46The White Duck — is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki . Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book .ynopsisA king has to leave his newly wed wife for a journey. He sternly warns her against leaving the women s… …

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  • 47The Witch in the Stone Boat — is an Icelandic fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book . ynopsisA king told his son, Sigurd, to marry and recommended the daughter of another king. Sigurd went there and asked to marry her. That king agreed on the condition… …

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  • 48Wood screw — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …

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  • 49wood screws — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …

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  • 50The Holocaust — Holocaust and Shoah redirect here. For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). Selection on …

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