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  • 31uncouth — uncouthly, adv. uncouthness, n. /un koohth /, adj. 1. awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: uncouth behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family. 2. strange and ungraceful in appearance or form. 3. unusual or strange. [bef. 900; ME; OE… …

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  • 32Sainte-Beuve, Charles-Augustin — born Dec. 23, 1804, Boulogne, France died Oct. 13, 1869, Paris French literary historian and critic. In 1825 he began contributing critical articles to periodicals. In essays collected in Critiques et portraits littéraires, 5 vol. (1832–39) and… …

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  • 33Benedetto Menzini —     Benedetto Menzini     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Benedetto Menzini     Priest and poet, b. at Florence, 1646; d. at Rome, 7 Sept., 1704. His family being poor, he early gave himself up to teaching, becoming a professor of belles lettres at… …

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  • 34Gil Vicente —     Gil Vicente     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Gil Vicente     Portuguese dramatist, b. about 1470; he was living in 1536. He took up the study of law but abandoned it for literature. As a lyric poet he is represented by some humorous poems in the …

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  • 35St. John Bosco (Don Bosco) —     St. Giovanni Melchior Bosco     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Giovanni Melchior Bosco     (Or St. John Bosco; Don Bosco.)     Founder of the Salesian Society. Born of poor parents in a little cabin at Becchi, a hill side hamlet near… …

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  • 36shapedness — noun /ˈʃeɪpt̚nəs/ The quality of being shaped in the specified manner. <span style= font variant:small caps >The Elephant</span>…[i]s reckoned the most intellectual animal in the creation after man. […] Nature, always impartial in the …

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  • 37Martin Krpan — is a fictional character created on the basis of the Inner Carniolan oral tradition[1] by the 19th century Slovene writer Fran Levstik in the short story Martin Krpan from Vrh (Slovene: Martin Krpan z Vrha). Published in 1858 in the literary… …

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  • 38Molina, Ángela — (1955 )    Through her untrained, raspy voice, her intensity and the unexpected moves that denote the kind of mercurial spontaneity that many directors find difficult, Ángela Molina became one of the most striking presences in Spanish film in the …

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  • 39Molina, Ángela — (1955 )    Through her untrained, raspy voice, her intensity and the unexpected moves that denote the kind of mercurial spontaneity that many directors find difficult, Ángela Molina became one of the most striking presences in Spanish film in the …

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  • 40animality — Synonyms and related words: Adam, Animalia, Gothicism, Neanderthalism, acuteness, and fish, animal kingdom, animal life, animalism, atrociousness, atrocity, barbarism, barbarity, barbarousness, bawdiness, beastliness, beasts, beasts of field,… …

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