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  • 1pity — I. n. 1. Compassion, commiseration, mercy, sympathy, fellow feeling, fellow suffering, condolence, bowels of compassion, melting mood. 2. Ground of pity, cause of grief, subject of pity. II. v. a. Commiserate, compassionate, sympathize with, feel …

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  • 2'Tis Pity She's a Whore — Written by John Ford Characters Friar Bonaventura A Cardinal Soranzo Florio Donado Grimaldi Giovanni Bergetto Richardetto Vasques Poggio Banditti (Bandits) Officers Annabella Hippolita Philotis Putana Da …

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  • 3Children of the Dust (novel) — Children of the Dust   Author(s) Louise Lawrence Publisher Harper Row …

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  • 4Aristotle: Aesthetics and philosophy of mind — David Gallop AESTHETICS Aesthetics, as that field is now understood, does not form the subjectmatter of any single Aristotelian work. No treatise is devoted to such topics as the essential nature of a work of art, the function of art in general,… …

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  • 5tragedy — /traj i dee/, n., pl. tragedies. 1. a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society …

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  • 7UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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  • 8JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …

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  • 9Niall Ferguson — Born 18 April 1964 (1964 04 18) (age 47) …

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  • 10aesthetics — /es thet iks/ or, esp. Brit., /ees /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the… …

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