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121Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi — Zia Fatehabadi 1978 portrait, taken by family. Background information Birth name Mehr Lal Soni Born 9 February 1913 …
122CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de — (1547 1616) Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, a Spanish novelist, dramatist, poet, and short story writer, achieved world acclaim, particularly for his Don Quijote, not only the first modern novel but probably also the greatest. Born in Alcala de… …
Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
123VICTORIENNE (ÉPOQUE) — Petite fille de George III, Victoria succède, en 1837, à son oncle Guillaune IV. Elle est alors âgée de dix huit ans et découvre un héritage des plus difficiles: une monarchie déconsidérée par le souvenir d’un George IV corrompu et d’un Guillaume …
124sang-froid — [ sɑ̃frwa ] n. m. inv. • 1672; loc. adv. 1569; de froid sang 1395; de sang et froid ♦ Maîtrise de soi qui permet de ne pas céder à l émotion et de garder sa présence d esprit. ⇒ 1. calme, fermeté, froideur, impassibilité; self control. Faire qqch …
125Candide — This article is about Voltaire s satire. For other uses, see Candide (disambiguation). Candide …
126Hasidic Judaism — Hasidic Jews praying in the synagogue on Yom Kippur, by Maurycy Gottlieb Part of a se …
127René Guénon — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Eastern philosophies esotericisms era = 20th century philosophy color = lightsteelblue image size = 250px image caption = A 1925 studio photo portrait (age age|1886|11|15|1925|7|1). name = René Jean Marie… …
128painting — /payn ting/, n. 1. a picture or design executed in paints. 2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints. 3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting. 4. an instance of covering a surface… …
