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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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Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope
Language; Encyclopedias
Born at Chevening, Kent, the eldest daughter of the third Earl of Stanhope, and niece of William Pitt; a woman of unusual force of character and attractiveness; from 1803 to 1806 ...
Bishop Ptolemais Synesius
Language; Encyclopedias
Born at Cyrene; became a pupil of Hypatia and was to the last a disciple, "a father of the Church without having been her son," and is styled by Kingsley "the squire bishop," from ...
Jonathan Swift
Language; Encyclopedias
Born at Dublin, a posthumous son, of well-connected parents; educated at Kilkenny, where he had Congreve for companion, and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was a somewhat ...
Sixtus V.
Language; Encyclopedias
Born near Monalto, of poor parents, was of the Franciscan order, and famed as a preacher; was elected successor to Gregory XIII., during whose pontificate he affected infirmity, ...
Sixtus IV.
Language; Encyclopedias
Born near Savona, the son of a fisherman; became general of the Franciscans; succeeded Paul II. as Pope; was notorious for his nepotism; abetted Pazzi in his conspiracy against ...
Sir William Sidney Smith
Language; Encyclopedias
British admiral, born at Westminster; entered the navy at 12, became a captain after many gallant services at 18, was naval adviser to the king of Sweden and knighted, joined Lord ...
Straits Settlements
Language; Encyclopedias
British colony in the East Indies, embracing the British possessions in the Malay Peninsula (on the Strait of Malacca), Singapore, Malacca, Penang, and the Keeling Islands and ...
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