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- Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
2: ...sence. This practice had been the norm for centuries rather than Pizan's invention.
5: ..., and its companion, [[The Book of the Three Virtues]]. She also wrote about the victory of [[Joan of ...
9: ...istine married ɴienne du Castel, who became Charles's notary and secretary. After the king's death in...
11: ...ortant works, chiefly in prose, besides minor pieces.
13: ... (1405), valuable as a first-hand picture of Charles V and his court. - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
4: In other languages, the instrument is named ''Horn'' ([[German langu...
6: ... The typical [[playing range]] of a French horn goes from the written F at the bottom of the staff in ...
12: ...p the horn on the piping near the mouthpiece and rest the body of the horn across his arm so that only...
14: ... instrument, not simply limited to a harmonic series, and some of the great composers started to write...
16: ...se three valves, the player could play all the notes reachable in the horn's range. - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
18: #any member of the families [[Delphinidae]] and [[Platanistoidae]] (oceanic a...
19: ...]] (toothed whales; these include the above families and some others),
20: ...nose Dolphin]], the most common and familiar species of dolphin.
24: ...lify as dolphins, even though they are called whales in common language.
26: ...s of the continental shelves, and all are carnivores, mostly eating fish and squid. - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...e establishment of the [[United States|United States of America]].
5: ...ted or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
10: ...). Each colony instead provided for its own defenses through the use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen ...
12: ...arms for the colonies in any given year. The greatest number of men that Washington personally command...
15: ...rn estimates, total British strength in the colonies did not exceed 20,000 men at any one time. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
3: ... [[Battle of Chalons|Chalons]]; and he drove the western emperor [[Valentinian III]] from his capital ...
5: ... as a great and noble king, and he plays major roles in three [[Norse saga]]s.
9: ...d and civilized) by their splendid state of readiness for combat, amazing mobility, and weapons like t...
14: ...x|left|The Hunnish empire stretched from the steppes of Central Asia into modern Germany, and from the...
15: ...st [[sea wall]], and to build up his border defenses along the Danube. - Troy (22846 bytes)
1: ...y, scene of the [[Trojan War]], part of which is described in [[Homer]]'s ''[[Iliad]]'', an epic poem ...
3: ...northwest [[Turkey]], southwest of the [[Dardanelles]] under [[Mount Ida, Phrygia|Mount Ida]].
5: ...radually during [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] times. The Roman city of Celeia (now [[Celje]] in [[Slo...
7: ...tite language|Hittite]] texts; ''Ilion'' (which goes back to earlier ''Wilion'' with a [[digamma]]) is...
10: ...]. [[Pestilence]] comes and the sea monster snatches away the people of the plain. - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...[[17th century]]. Today, they are used in many types of [[musical ensemble]]s including [[Concert band...
5: ...] word ''tympanum'', from which the Italian word descends. A [[musician]] who plays the timpani is kno...
9: | description = The [[scherzo]] from [[Ludwig van Beeth...
18: ...pening of a bowl typically made of copper or, in less expensive models, [[fiberglass]]. The drumhead i...
20: ...le [[Parabola|parabolic]] bowls produce darker tones. Another factor that affects the timbre of the dr... - Bulldog (4215 bytes)
8: !Alternative names
52: ... [[Human|humans]] (including children) and sometimes other [[dog breeds]]. Bulldogs are very friendly,...
55: ... health problems include [[cherry eye]], [[allergies]], and (among older bulldogs) [[hip]] problems an...
63: ...ros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons.
64: ...ros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
8: ...Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
12: ...making. At the age of ten, he was sent to the [[Jesuit]] Collège Louis-le-Grand, and remained ...
14: ...[The Hague]]. Here he met Olympe Dunoyer, a [[Protestant]] girl from a poor family, but his father sto...
16: ...spy named Beauregard into a real or burlesque confession he was sent to the [[Bastille]] on [[May 16]]...
18: ...o 'v' and 'j' to 'i' according to the ordinary rules of the game. - Opera (25153 bytes)
2: ...e|The foyer of [[Charles Garnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]]'s Op�ra, Paris, opened 1875]]
5: ...l instrumental ensemble to a full symphonic [[orchestra]].
9: ... ''tessitura''. The German [[Fach]] system is an especially organized system of classification.
11: ...eferred to as "secco" (dry) recitative, while orchestral-accompanied recitative was called "accompagna...
13: ... direct heirs of melodrama. Perhaps such film scores can in some sense even be considered both the hei... - Christmas carol (3459 bytes)
4: ... communal songs sung during celebrations like harvesttide as well as Christmas. It was only later that...
6: ...t gave rise to such favorites as "[[Good King Wenceslas]]" and "[[It Came Upon A Midnight Clear]]."
8: ...ce]]s, but advisedly not in [[Christingle]] services. Some compositions have words which are clearly n...
12: ...p), or excerpts from [[Handel]]'s "[[the Messiah|Messiah]]."
14: ...Christmas, including [[Handel]]'s "[[the Messiah|Messiah]]," the "[[Christmas Oratorio]]" by [[Johann ...
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