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51Mass Effect 2 — Developer(s) BioWare Publisher(s) Electronic Arts Director(s) …
52noble savage — n. [sometimes N S ] in Romanticism, primitive man conceived as existing in a virtuous, innocent state uncorrupted by civilization * * * ▪ literary concept in literature, an idealized concept of uncivilized man, who symbolizes the innate… …
53corruption — /keuh rup sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt. 2. moral perversion; depravity. 3. perversion of integrity. 4. corrupt or dishonest proceedings. 5. bribery. 6. debasement or alteration, as of language or a text. 7. a… …
54printmaking — /print may king/, n. the art or technique of making prints, esp. as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy. [1925 30; PRINT + MAKING] * * * Art form consisting of the production of images, usually on paper but… …
55salvation — salvational, adj. /sal vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc. 2. the state of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc. 3. a source, cause, or means of being saved or protected from harm,… …
56Bowdler, Thomas — born July 11, 1754, Ashley, near Bath, Somerset, Eng. died Feb. 24, 1825, Rhydding, near Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales English physician, philanthropist, and man of letters. He is known for his Family Shakspeare (1818), in which, by expurgation… …
57Shakespeare, William — (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, Eng. died April 23, 1616, Stratford upon Avon) British poet and playwright, often considered the greatest writer in world literature. He spent his early life in Stratford upon Avon,… …
58French literature — Introduction the body of written works in the French language produced within the geographic and political boundaries of France. The French language was one of the five major Romance languages to develop from Vulgar Latin as a result of the …
59Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality — ▪ Russian slogan Russian Pravoslaviye, Samoderzhaviye, I Narodnost, in Russian history, slogan created in 1832 by Count Sergey S. Uvarov (Uvarov, Sergey Semyonovich, Count), minister of education 1833–49, that came to represent the… …
60William Henry Harrison: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Thursday, March 4, 1841 Called from a retirement which I had supposed was to continue for the residue of my life to fill the chief executive office of this great and free nation, I appear before you, fellow citizens,… …
