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111Alexey Razumovsky — Count A. G. Razumovsky Count Alexei Grigorievich Razumovsky (Russian: Алексей Григорьевич Разумовский, Ukrainian: Олексій Григорович Розумовський, Olexii Hryhorovych Rozumovskyi; 1709 – 1771), was a Ukrainian Cossack who rose to become lover and …
112Irish bull — An Irish bull is a ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement, generally unrecognized as such by its author. Irish bull originated in this use because such expressions often fall between two different statements, as between the horns of …
113Of Thee I Sing — For the children s book by Barack Obama, see Of Thee I Sing (book). For other uses, see Of Thee I Sing (disambiguation). Of Thee I Sing Music George Gershwin Lyrics Ira Gershwin …
114Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge debate — The Pearl Harbor advance knowledge debate is a dispute over what, if any, advance knowledge American officials had of Japan s December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.Ever since the Japanese attack there has been debate as to how and why the… …
115Christianity and slavery — Christianity does not have a clear position regarding slavery, in favour or against. As a religion, it neither promotes slavery nor condemns it. In the early years of Christianity, slavery was a normal feature of the economy and society in the… …
116Lawrence Southwick — (ca. 1600 1660) was an early immigrant to the American colonies and a devout Quaker (member of the Religious Society of Friends), who was persecuted for his beliefs.Southwick was born about 1600 in England. Not much is known about his origin. He… …
117Cassandra Burnell Southwick — (c. 1600 1660) was an early immigrant to the American colonies and a devout Quaker (member of the Religious Society of Friends), who was persecuted for her beliefs.Cassandra Burnell was the daughter of Humphrey and Margaret Burnell. She was born… …
118Augustan literature — is a style of English literature produced during the reigns of Queen Anne, King George I, and George II in the first half of the 18th century, ending in the 1740s with the deaths of Pope and Swift (1744 and 1745, respectively). It is a literary… …
119Enoch Soames — is a short story by the British writer Max Beerbohm. It is well known for its clever and humorous use of the ideas of time travel and pacts with the Devil.Plot summaryThe story is narrated by Beerbohm himself; he presents himself as a moderately… …
120Ernle — was the surname of an English gentry or landed family descended from the lords of the manor of Earnley in Sussex who derived their surname from the place where their estates lay. Origins OnomasticOnomasticians say that the surname s origin, in… …
