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  • 51Traitté de l'origine des romans — Pierre Daniel Huet s Trai [t] té de l origine des Romans ( Treatise on the Origin of Novels , or Romances if one wants to speak early 18th century English) can claim to be the first history of fiction. It was originally published in 1670 as… …

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  • 52Cotswold Games — “Olympicks” redirects here. For the international games, see Olympic Games.The Cotswold Olimpick Games are an annual public celebration of games and sports held in the Cotswolds in the West Country of England. The games began sometime between… …

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  • 53Harry Partch's 43-tone scale — The 43 tone scale is a just intonation scale with 43 pitches in each octave, invented and used by Harry Partch.The first of Partch s four concepts is The scale of musical intervals begins with absolute consonance (1 to 1) and gradually progresses …

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  • 54Farinata degli Uberti — (died November 11, 1264) was an Italian aristocrat and military leader, considered by some to be a heretic, who appears in Dante s Inferno and is mentioned in C.S. Lewis s short sequel to The Screwtape Letters, Screwtape Proposes a Toast.… …

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  • 55Sapta Sindhu — The Sapta Sindhu (Sanskrit: सप्त सिंधु also Hapta Hindu in Avestan) seven rivers are the seven sacred rivers in Indian mythology. The Rig Veda often refers to the seven rivers. [(e.g. RV 2.12; RV 4.28; RV 8.24)] ). In RV 7.36.6, the Sarasvati is… …

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  • 56Kalevala (synopses) — The Kalevala is considered the national epic of Finland. It was compiled and edited by Elias Lönnrot while he was a district health officer in (then under the governance of Russia) eastern Finland. The poem consists of 50 runos or cantos and… …

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  • 57Mamba (film) — Mamba Directed by Albert S. Rogell Written by Ferdinand Schumann Heink (story) John Reinhardt (story) Tim Miranda (screenplay) …

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  • 58Prig — A prig (IPAEng|ˈprɪg, sometimes spelled prigg) is someone who shows an inordinately zealous approach to matters of form and propriety; especially where the prig has the ability to show his/her superior knowledge to those who don t know the… …

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  • 59Ancient Indian festivals — This article describes different festivals celebrated in ancient India as revealed by the epics Mahabharata and Ramayana. Ancient Indian festivals like mountain festival of Raivataka, festival of Brahma, the bamboo festival etc were found mention …

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  • 6024th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment — Infobox Military Unit unit name= 24th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry caption=Iowa state flag dates= September 18, 1862 to July 17, 1865 country= United States allegiance= Union branch= Infantry equipment= battles=Battle of Port Gibson Battle of …

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