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  • 21Celtic literature — Introduction       the body of writings composed in Gaelic and the languages derived from it, Scottish Gaelic and Manx, and in Welsh and its sister languages, Breton and Cornish. For writings in English by Irish, Scottish, and Welsh authors, see… …

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  • 22J. R. R. Tolkien — Infobox Writer name = J. R. R. Tolkien birthname = John Ronald Reuel Tolkien imagesize =225px caption = Tolkien in 1972 birthdate = birth date|1892|1|3|df=y birthplace = Bloemfontein, Orange Free State deathdate = 2 September 1973 (aged 81)… …

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  • 23Vesak — Infobox Holiday|Buddhism holiday name=Vesak official name=Wesak Visakah Puja Vaishaka Buddha Purnima Visakha Bucha Saga Dawa 佛誕 (fó dàn) Phật Đản nickname=Buddha s Birthday or Buddha Day observedby=Buddhists date=First full moon of the Taurus, in …

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  • 24List of atheists (miscellaneous) — Business* John Baskerville (1706 ndash;1775): English typesetter, printing innovator and typefounder, designer of the typeface that bears his name. [Baskerville left directions that his body be buried in a Conical Building in my own premises… …

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  • 25Samuel Johnson — For other people named Samuel Johnson, see Samuel Johnson (disambiguation). Samuel Johnson LLD MA Samuel Johnson c. 1772, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Born …

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  • 26Venetia Stanley — Venetia Anastasia Stanley Digby (December 1600 May 1 1633) was the third daughter of Sir Edward Stanley, a minor noble, and Lucy Percy Stanley (daughter and co heiress of the Earl of Northumberland who had lost his head over a Catholic plot… …

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  • 27Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… …

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  • 28pray — prayingly, adv. /pray/, v.t. 1. to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship). 2. to offer (a prayer). 3. to bring, put, etc., by praying: to pray a soul into heaven. 4. to make earnest petition to (a person). 5 …

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  • 29Johnson, Samuel — known as Dr. Johnson born Sept. 18, 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, Eng. died Dec. 13, 1784, London British man of letters, one of the outstanding figures of 18th century England. The son of a poor bookseller, he briefly attended Oxford… …

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  • 30Italian Literature — • The modern language of Italy is naturally derived from Latin, a continuation and development of the Latin actually spoken among the inhabitants of the peninsula after the downfall of the Roman Empire Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …

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