The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts, Volume 1William Rose Benét |
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... living men of letters . Académie Goncourt . A French literary so- ciety founded in 1900 , consisting of ten mem- bers . It awards the Prix Goncourt . The English Royal Academy of Arts was founded in 1768 by George III for the estab ...
... living men of letters . Académie Goncourt . A French literary so- ciety founded in 1900 , consisting of ten mem- bers . It awards the Prix Goncourt . The English Royal Academy of Arts was founded in 1768 by George III for the estab ...
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... living in adultery , and saved his life by living an exile in Italy . His horses were Dinos and Lampon . See HORSE . ( 2 ) In later versions of the TROILUS legend , Diomede is the forthright Greek warrior for whom Cressida betrays her ...
... living in adultery , and saved his life by living an exile in Italy . His horses were Dinos and Lampon . See HORSE . ( 2 ) In later versions of the TROILUS legend , Diomede is the forthright Greek warrior for whom Cressida betrays her ...
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... Living on the estate of Varvara Petrovna Stavrogin , with whom he has fre- 1170 quent passionate quarrels , Stepan Trofinovich is a gentle , innocent , and sentimental academi- cian , an admirer of Western European ideas . He is ...
... Living on the estate of Varvara Petrovna Stavrogin , with whom he has fre- 1170 quent passionate quarrels , Stepan Trofinovich is a gentle , innocent , and sentimental academi- cian , an admirer of Western European ideas . He is ...
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