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11The Oxford Movement (1833-1845) — The Oxford Movement (1833 1845) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Oxford Movement (1833 1845) The Oxford Movement may be looked upon in two distinct lights. The conception which lay at its base, according to the Royal Commission on… …
12Soviet Union in World War II — Stalin, U.S.President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Tehran Conference, November 1943 …
13Playwright — A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays. The term is not a variant spelling of playwrite , but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder (as in a wheelwright or… …
14French 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 …
15Catullus — For persons with a cognomen Catulus , see Lutatius Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca. 84 BC ndash; ca. 54 BC) was a Roman poet of the 1st century BC. His work remains widely studied, and continues to influence poetry and other forms of art.… …
16The Shockwave Rider — infobox Book | name = The Shockwave Rider title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover) author = John Brunner illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Science fiction …
17Hilaire Belloc — Infobox Writer name = Hilaire Belloc imagesize = 200px caption = birthdate = 27 July 1870 birthplace = La Celle Saint Cloud, France deathdate = death date and age|df=yes|1953|07|16|1870|07|27 deathplace = Guildford, England occupation = Writer,… …
18Vers de société — a term for social or familiar poetry, which was originally borrowed from the French, and has now come to rank as an English expression. [Fennell, The Stamford Dictionary of Anglicised Words ] HistoryIn FranceThe use of the phrase as an English o …
19The pen is mightier than the sword — is a metonymic adage coined by Edward Bulwer Lytton in 1839 for his play Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy .cite book title=Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy: A Play in Five Acts. publisher=Saunders and Otley, Conduit St. location=London year=1839… …
20EZEKIEL — EZEKIEL, a major prophet who is said to have begun prophesying in the fifth year of Jehoiachin s exile in Babylonia, seven years before the final fall of Jerusalem; his prophecies are recorded in the book that bears his name. The name Ezekiel… …
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