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101Beethoven, Ludwig van — (baptized Dec. 17, 1770, Bonn, archbishopric of Cologne died March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria) German composer. Born to a musical family, he was a precociously gifted pianist and violist. After nine years as a court musician in Bonn, he moved to… …
102Twain, Mark — orig. Samuel Langhorne Clemens born Nov. 30, 1835, Florida, Mo., U.S. died April 21, 1910, Redding, Conn. U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer. He grew up in Hannibal, Mo., on the Mississippi River. At age 13 he was apprenticed to a local printer …
103Anne Bradstreet: Two Poems — ▪ Primary Source Usually considered the first American poet, Anne Bradstreet arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony with her husband, Simon, in 1630. For many years, she expressed her observations, thoughts, and emotions in poetry that was… …
104Bartholomew MacCarthy — Bartholomew MacCarthy † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bartholomew MacCarthy Irish scholar and chronologist, b. at Conna, Ballynoe, Co. Cork, 12 Dec., 1843; d. at Inniscarra, Co. Cork, 6 Mar., 1904. He was educated at Mount Melleray Seminary …
105captious — adjective Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections. But Peter Petrovich did not accept this retort. On the contrary, he became all the more captious and irritable, as though he were just hitting his stride. Syn …
106zoilus — noun A critic characterized as bitter, carping, malignant. Syn: aristarch, momus …
107dox — noun a) Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.). Why is it that, even after DECADES of carping from Jerry Pournelle, software companies STILL dont hire competent professionals… …
108hypercritic — noun A carping or unduly censorious critic …
109carpingly — adverb in a carping manner …
110momism — noun a) Finding fault; carping b) Excessive attachment to one’s mother …
