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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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Thomas Sternhold

Language; Encyclopedias

Principal author of the first English metrical version of the Psalms, originally attached to the Prayer-Book as augmented by John Hopkins; continued in general use till Tate and ...

St. Stephen

Language; Encyclopedias

Protomartyr of the Christian Church, who was (Acts vii.) stoned to death in A.D. 33; his death is a frequent subject of the old painters, the saint himself being less frequently ...

Carl Friedrich von Steinmetz

Language; Encyclopedias

Prussian general, born at Eisenach; distinguished himself in the war of 1813-1814, and inflicted crushing defeats on the Austrians in 1866; fell below his reputation in the ...

Baron von Stein

Language; Encyclopedias

Prussian statesman, born at Nassau; rose rapidly in the service of the State, and became Prussian Prime Minister under William III. in 1807, in which capacity he effected ...

Michael Angelo Titmarsh

Language; Encyclopedias

Pseudonym assumed for a series of years by Thackeray.

Sir Henry Acland

Language; Encyclopedias

Regius professor of medicine in Oxford, accompanied the Prince of Wales to America in 1860, the author of several works on medicine and educational subjects, one of Ruskin's old ...

Terence

Language; Encyclopedias

Roman comic poet, born at Carthage; brought thence as a slave; educated by his master, a Roman senator, and set free; composed plays, adaptations of others in Greek by Menander ...