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  • 21Gothic architecture — See also: Gothic art The western façade of Reims Cathedral, France …

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  • 22Samuel Rawson Gardiner — (4 March 1829 24 February 1902) was an English historian.The son of Rawson Boddam Gardiner, he was born near Alresford, Hampshire. He was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he obtained a first class in literae… …

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  • 23dignity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. repute; nobility, eminence; pride, stateliness, decorum; greatness, station, honor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A presence that commands respect] Syn. stateliness, nobility, self respect, pride, hauteur,… …

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  • 24grandeur — n. 1. Greatness, vastness, immensity, loftiness, elevation, imposing character. 2. Majesty, loftiness, stateliness, state, dignity, pomp, magnificence, augustness, splendor …

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  • 25Quintilian — Not to be confused with Quintillion. Quintilian s statue in Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (ca. 35 – ca. 100) was a Roman rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in …

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  • 26Walter Savage Landor — (30 January 1775 – 17 September 1864) was an English writer and poet. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylmer, but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not… …

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  • 27St. Ambrose —     St. Ambrose     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Ambrose     Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397; born probably 340, at Trier, Arles, or Lyons; died 4 April, 397. He was one of the most illustrious Fathers and …

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  • 28Rudolf Kassner — (1873–1959) was an Austrian writer, essayist, translator and cultural philosopher. His Early YearsRudolf Kassner was born on 11 September 1873 in Gross Pavlowitz in southern Moravia. His maternal ancestors were peasants from Silesia. On the… …

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  • 29Columbus, Christopher — Italian Cristoforo Colombo Spanish Cristóbal Colón born between Aug. 26 and Oct. 31?, 1451, Genoa died May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain Genoese navigator and explorer whose transatlantic voyages opened the way for European exploration,… …

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  • 30Arnauld — • Celebrated French family, the history of which is connected with that of Jansenism and of Port­Royal Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Arnauld     Arnauld      …

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