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  • 1Shone — Shine Shine, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shone} (? or ?; 277) (archaic {Shined}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shining}.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. sc[=i]nan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. sk[=i]na, OS. & OHG. sc[=i]nan, G. scheinen, Icel. sk[=i]na, Sw. skina, Dan.… …

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  • 2Lee Shone — Lee CYCONE Shone (born 29 December 1975, Newcastle upon Tyne, England) Shone s father English and his mother Irish. He is a professional mixed martial arts fighter with a fighting record of 13/2/0. Professional MMA record of 1 1 0, amateur record …

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  • 3Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 — Earth hath not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples …

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  • 4Down upon — Down Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad[=u]n, ad[=u]ne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d {Down}, and cf. {Adown}, and cf. {Adown}.] 1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position;… …

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  • 5To cause the face to shine upon — Shine Shine, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shone} (? or ?; 277) (archaic {Shined}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shining}.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. sc[=i]nan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. sk[=i]na, OS. & OHG. sc[=i]nan, G. scheinen, Icel. sk[=i]na, Sw. skina, Dan.… …

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  • 6To make the face to shine upon — Shine Shine, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shone} (? or ?; 277) (archaic {Shined}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shining}.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. sc[=i]nan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. sk[=i]na, OS. & OHG. sc[=i]nan, G. scheinen, Icel. sk[=i]na, Sw. skina, Dan.… …

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  • 7Cosmogony — • By this term is understood an account of how the universe (cosmos) came into being (gonia • gegona = I have become). It differs from cosmology, or the science of the universe, in this: that the latter aims at understanding the actual… …

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  • 8POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… …

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  • 9Harmodius and Aristogeiton — Harmodius (Ἁρμόδιος / Harmódios ) and Aristogeiton (Ἀριστογείτων / Aristogeítôn ), both d. 514 BC, were a Greek pederastic couple known also as the Tyrannicides (τυραννοκτόνους). As a result of their attack against the Pisistratid tyranny, they… …

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  • 10Invisible Dick — featured in the Sparky comic strip. Dick Dixson was given a souvenir of a space flight by his father, who was an astronaut. The souvenir was an electric torch (flashlight) that had formed part of the equipment of a space capsule in orbit. But… …

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