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  • 21John MacBride — Infobox Military Person name= John MacBride born=birth date|1865|5|7|df=yes died=death date and age|1916|5|5|1865|5|7|df=yes placeofbirth= Westport, County Mayo, Ireland placeofdeath= Kilmainham Jail, Dublin City, Ireland caption= nickname=… …

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  • 22French literature of the 17th century — mdash;the so called Grand Siècle mdash;spans the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de Medici, Louis XIII of France, the Regency of Anne of Austria (and the civil war called the Fronde) and the reign of Louis XIV of France. The… …

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  • 23The Sea Voyage — is a late Jacobean comedy written by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger. The play is notable for its imitation of Shakespeare s The Tempest. Performance and publication The Sea Voyage was licensed for performance by the Master of the Revels on… …

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  • 24Conversion of John Randolph of Roanoke — While it has been asserted that John Randolph of Roanoke was an Islamic convert to Christianity, the reliable references about him prove otherwise. While they do mention he had a religious conversion in 1818, this was one of depth of belief in… …

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  • 25John Leland (antiquaire) — 51° 30′ 46″ N 0° 05′ 51″ W / 51.51277, 0.0975 …

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  • 26John leland (antiquaire) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir John Leland. John Leland (*13 septembre 1506 à Londres ; † 18 avril 1552) était un antiquaire anglais. Il est surnommé le « père de l histoire locale anglaise ». Dans son Itinéraire, il introduit… …

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  • 27Girolamo Savonarola —     Girolamo Savonarola     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Girolamo Savonarola     Born at Ferrara, 21 September, 1452; died at Florence, 23 May, 1498. The Dominican reformer came from an old family of Ferrara. Intellectually very talented he devoted… …

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  • 28braggadocio — n. 1. Boaster, blusterer, vaunter, braggart, bouncer, vaporer, blatterer, gascon, vain glorious fellow. 2. Brag. See boast, n …

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  • 29cock-a-hoop — a. Boasting, boastful, bragging, vaunting, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, vain glorious …

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  • 30consequential — a. 1. Following, consequent, resulting. 2. Pompous, conceited, self sufficient, vain glorious, self important …

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