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A Catholic politician and soldier, whose career during the reigns of Charles II. and James II. is a record of infamous plotting and treachery in support of the Catholic Stuarts; was created an earl and lord-deputy of Ireland by James II.; fled to France after the battle of the Boyne (1625-1691).
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Ein englischer Genremaler, in Wolverhampton geboren, ließ sich in Bristol nieder; zu seinen Werken zählen die "Proben des Vorsänger", das "Feld von Chevy Chase," und der "Tag nach der Schlacht", welches als sein Meisterwerk gilt (1772-1819).
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A poison-yielding-tree, at one time fabled to exhale such poison that it was destructive to all animal and vegetable life for miles round it.
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A system of Hindu speculation in interpretation of the Vedas, founded on the pre-supposition of the identity of the spiritual working at the heart of things and the spiritual working in the heart of man.
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Biblical scholar, born near Birmingham; studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and obtained a Fellowship; took orders in 1851, and became Bishop of Durham in 1890; edited along with Dr. Hort an edition of the Greek New Testament, the labor of years, and published a number of works bearing on the New Testament and its structure and teachings; born 1825.
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Ein US-amerikanischer Bildhauer, schuf eine Reihe von Statuen, darunter eine kolossale von Washington (1814-1886).
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Marele portret-pictor, născut în Anvers; a studiat sub Rubens, ale căror elevul preferat a fost; Italia a vizitat, şi sa dedicat studiului Marii maestri; la întoarcerea sa de la Anvers pictat "Hristos răstignit între doi hoţi"; a venit în Anglia în 1632, şi a fost patronată de Charles I.; a fost knighted, şi a făcut Curtea pictor; pictat familiei regale, regele, Regina, și cei doi copii, şi în timpul în următorii opt ani executat portrete ale tuturor oamenilor Curtea; portretele sale sunt foarte numeroase, şi sunt cel mai sarbatorit în Anglia; a murit la Blackfriars, şi a fost îngropat în St. Paul's (1599-1641).
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Cei mai mari pictori spaniol, născut la Sevilla, portugheză familiei; a studiat sub Francisco Herrera, care a predat-l pentru a invata el însuşi, astfel încât dar pentru sugestie a fost un artist autodidact, şi pur şi simplu a pictat ceea ce a văzut şi ca el a văzut portret-pictura a fost forte lui, una din primele sale fiind un portret al Olivarez, urmat de unul dintre Philip IV. Spaniei, considerat cel mai perfect existente, şi de ceilalţi membri ai familiei regale; exemplarelor operei sale se găsesc în ţări diferite, dar cele mai bune sunt în Spania, la Madrid, şi acestea includ subiecte sacre, gen, peisaj, şi picturi de animale, precum şi portrete (1599-1660).
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A notable figure in the English political world of the 18th century, born in Clerkenwell, son of a distiller; was elected M.P. for Aylesbury in 1761; started a periodical called the North Briton, in No. 45 of which he published an offensive libel, which led to his arrest and imprisonment in the Tower, from which he was released—on the ground that the general warrant on which he was apprehended was illegal—amid general rejoicing among the people; he was afterwards prosecuted for an obscene production, an "Essay on Women," and outlawed for non-appearance; he sought an asylum in France, and on his return was elected for Middlesex, but instead of being allowed to sit was committed to prison; this treatment made him the object of popular favour; he was elected Lord Mayor of London, re-elected for Middlesex, and at length allowed to take his seat in the House; he was for years the cause of popular tumults, the watchword of which was "Wilkes and Liberty"; the cause of civil liberty certainly owes something to him and to the popular agitations which an interest in him stirred up (1727-1797).
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(Vintage month), the first month of the French Revolution year, from 22nd September to 21st October.
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