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  • 1bathos — n. Anticlimax, false sublime, moral sublime, sham exaltation, the fatal step from the sublime to the ridiculous, bombast …

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  • 2biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 3Fitz Hugh Ludlow — Fitz Hugh Ludlow, sometimes seen as “Fitzhugh Ludlow,” (September 11, 1836 ndash; September 12, 1870) was an American author, journalist, and explorer; best known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater (1857).The explorations of altered …

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  • 4Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi — Zia Fatehabadi 1978 portrait, taken by family. Background information Birth name Mehr Lal Soni Born 9 February 1913 …

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  • 5Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 6Argentine Catholic Apostolic Church — The Argentine Catholic Apostolic Church (ICAA Iglesia Católica Apostólica Argentina ) sometimes known as the Argentine National Church, is a derivative movement of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira)… …

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  • 7Franco-Mongol alliance — 1305 letter (a roll measuring 302 by 50 centimetres (9.91 by 1.6 ft)) from the Ilkhan Mongol Öljaitü to King Philip IV of France, suggesting military collaboration …

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  • 8Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 10Stendhal — /sten dahl , stan /; Fr. /stahn dannl /, n. (Marie Henri Beyle) 1783 1842, French novelist and critic. * * * orig. Marie Henri Beyle born Jan. 23, 1783, Grenoble, France died March 23, 1842, Paris French novelist. He left for Paris in 1799 partly …

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