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41Critical reputation of Arthur Sullivan — Main article: Arthur Sullivan Arthur Sullivan by John Everett Millais The critical reputation of the British composer Arthur Sullivan has fluctuated markedly in the 150 years since he came to prominence. At first, critics regarded him as a… …
42Portugal — • A country on the west side of the Iberian Peninsula Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Portugal Portugal † …
43William Lloyd Garrison: The Dangers of Slavery (1829) — ▪ Primary Source Antislavery movements had existed in the United States since the Revolution. They had even received occasional support in the South, on moral grounds; but the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 made slavery a seeming… …
44August von Platen-Hallermünde — Graf August von Platen Hallermünde (October 24, 1796 December 5 1835), German poet and dramatist, was born at Ansbach, the son of the Oberforstmeister in the little principality of that name. In German he mostly is called Count (Graf) Platen.The… …
45New encyclopedism — is a term used by English writer H. G. Wells in 1937 to describe a proposed modern movement for the codification of knowledge in encyclopedic format. Lecture delivered in America, October and November, 1937 For half a century I have resisted… …
46aridity — n. 1. Dryness, aridness, parchedness, siccity, want of moisture, sterility, barrenness, unfertility. 2. Dryness, want of interest, dulness, pointlessness, jejuneness, unsuggestiveness, barrenness, infecundity, sterility. 3. Dulness, insensibility …
47Aridities — Aridity A*rid i*ty, n.; pl. {Aridities}. [L. ariditas, fr. aridus.] 1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual… …
48Aridity — A*rid i*ty, n.; pl. {Aridities}. [L. ariditas, fr. aridus.] 1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.… …
49Dissympathy — Dis*sym pa*thy, n. Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
50Ennui — En nui , n. [F., fr. L. in odio in hatred. See {Annoy}.] A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium. T. Gray. [1913 Webster] || …
