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91refinement — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of refining] Syn. cleaning, cleansing, purification, distillation, clarification, clarifying, draining, elutriation, depuration, detersion, cracking, filtration. 2. [Culture] Syn. civilization, cultivation, erudition …
92Politeness — Po*lite ness, n. 1. High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance. [R.] Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 2. The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions. [1913 Webster] Syn:… …
93Margaret Cavendish — See Margaret Cavendish (1661 1717) for the later Duchess of Newcastle of this name. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle upon Tyne (1623 ndash; 15 December 1673), was an English aristocrat and a prolific writer. Born Margaret Lucas, she was… …
94Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury — (26 February 1671 – 4 February 1713) was an English politician, philosopher and writer. Contents …
95Swedish emigration to the United States — During the Swedish emigration to the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries, about 1.3 million Swedes left Sweden for the United States of America. While the land of the U.S. frontier was a magnet for poor all over Europe, some… …
96Marion Margaret Violet Lindsay — See Margaret Lindsay (1726 1782) for the wife of Allan Ramsay, and Margaret Lindsay for the film actress also of this name. (Marion Margaret) Violet Lindsay Manners, Duchess of Rutland (7 March 1856 – 22 December 1937) was a British artist and… …
97Mitică — The Bucharest Tribunal during the 1890s (a horse drawn tram to the left) Mitică (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈtikə]) is a fictional character who appears in several sketch stories by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale, and whose name is a… …
98Comedy of menace — Main article: Characteristics of Harold Pinter s work# Comedy of menace Comedy of menace is a term used to describe the plays of David Campton, Nigel Dennis, N. F. Simpson, and Harold Pinter by drama critic Irving Wardle, borrowed from the… …
99dramatic literature — Introduction the texts of plays that can be read, as distinct from being seen and heard in performance. The term dramatic literature implies a contradiction in that literature originally meant something written and drama meant… …
100nonfictional prose — Introduction any literary work that is based mainly on fact, even though it may contain fictional elements. Examples are the essay and biography. Defining nonfictional prose literature is an immensely challenging task. This type of… …
