Long ago the Gladiators,When the call to combat came,Marching past the massed spectators,Hailed the Emp'ror with acclaim!Voices ringing with the furyOf the strife so soon to be,Cried, More…
The long day passes with its load of sorrow:In slumber deepI lay me down to rest until tomorrow Thank God for sleep. Thank God for all respite from weary toiling,From cares that More…
;[16—] :;II sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he;I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three;"Good speed!" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts More…
We see it each day in the paper,And know that there's mischief in store;That some unprofessional caperHas landed a shark on the shore.We know there'll be plenty of troubleBefore they get More…
Australia takes her pen in handTo write a line to you,To let you fellows understandHow proud we are of you. From shearing shed and cattle run,From Broome to Hobson's Bay,Each native-born More…
Time wears her not; she doth his chariot guide;Mortality below her orb is placed.:::::— Raleigh The full-orbed moon with unchanged rayMounts up the eastern sky,Not doomed to these short More…
(1802 - 1876), 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Scotland|Scottish poet, was born at Bowden, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Roxburghshire|Roxburghshire, on the 28th of August 1802. He was More…
, (1803—1881), British general, was the son of Lieutenant-General Sir George Airey (1761—1833) and was bom in 1803. He entered the army in 1821, became captain in 1825, and served on the More…
(1731-1793), Scottish botanist, was born near Hamilton in 1731. Having been regularly trained to the profession of a gardener, he travelled to London in 1754, and became assistant to More…
) VAN}} (1600-1669), Dutch historian and statesman, was born at Doccum, in Friesland, on the 19th of November 1600. In 1617 he published a volume of Latin poems under the title of 'Poemata More…
"AKALKOT," a native state of India, in the Deccan division of Bombay, ranking as one of the Satara Jagirs, situated between the British district of Sholapur and the nizam's dominions. It More…
, or , "MARGUERITE MARIE" (1647-1690), French nun and mystic, was born at Lauthecourt, a village in the diocese of Autun, on the 22nd of July 1647. She would seem to have been from the More…
, or , "FRANCESCO" (1578-1660), painter, was born at . His father was a silk merchant, and intended to bring up his son to the same occupation; but Albani was already, at the age of More…
, the stage name of (1847- ), singer, who was born at Chambly, in the province of , on the 27th of September 1847. She made her first public appearance in , at the age of seven, and More…
"ALBERTI, LEONE BATTISTA" (1404-1472), Italian painter, poet, philosopher, musician and architect, was born in Venice on the 18th of February 1404. He was so skilled in Latin verse that a More…
(), in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Mythology|Greek legend the daughter of 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Pelias|Pelias and Anaxibia, and wife of 1911 Encyclopædia More…
"ALEXANDER I." ('c'. 1078–1124), king of Scotland, was the fourth son of Malcolm Canmore by his wife (St) Margaret, grand-niece of Edward the Confessor. On the death of his brother Edgar More…
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