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Bergerac, Savinien Cyrano de
an eccentric man with comic power, a gascon by birth; wrote a tragedy and a comedy; his best work a fiction entitled "histoire comique des états et empires de la lune et du soleil"; fought no end of duels in vindication, it is said, of his preposterously large nose (1619-1655).
an eccentric man with comic power, a gascon by birth; wrote a tragedy and a comedy; his best work a fiction entitled "histoire comique des états et empires de la lune et du soleil"; fought no end of duels in vindication, it is said, of his preposterously large nose (1619-1655).
Cæsar
name of an old roman family claiming descent from the trojan æneas, which the emperors of rome from augustus to nero of right inherited, though the title was applied to succeeding emperors and to the heirs-apparent of the western and the eastern empires; it survives in the titles of the kaiser of germany and the czar of russia.
name of an old roman family claiming descent from the trojan æneas, which the emperors of rome from augustus to nero of right inherited, though the title was applied to succeeding emperors and to the heirs-apparent of the western and the eastern empires; it survives in the titles of the kaiser of germany and the czar of russia.
Indo-China
Called also the Eastern Peninsula or Farther India, the name given to the large peninsular territory which lies between the Bay of Bengal and the Chinese
Called also the Eastern Peninsula or Farther India, the name given to the large peninsular territory which lies between the Bay of Bengal and the Chinese
Mongols
A great Asiatic people having their original home on the plains E. of Lake Baikal, Siberia, who first rose into prominence under their ruler Genghis
A great Asiatic people having their original home on the plains E. of Lake Baikal, Siberia, who first rose into prominence under their ruler Genghis
Stilicho
A Roman general, son of a Vandal captain under the emperor Valens; on the death of Theodosius I., under whom he served, became the ruler of the West,
A Roman general, son of a Vandal captain under the emperor Valens; on the death of Theodosius I., under whom he served, became the ruler of the West,
Volney
French philosopher, born at Craon; travelled in Egypt and Syria; wrote an account of his travels in his "Voyage"; was imprisoned during the Reign of
French philosopher, born at Craon; travelled in Egypt and Syria; wrote an account of his travels in his "Voyage"; was imprisoned during the Reign of
