The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: A - K.Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2005 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 36
Page 138
... poems . Milton was educated at St. Paul's School , London . The conventional date given for his admission is 1620 , but it may have been as early as 1615 . In addition to his regular schoolwork in Latin , Greek , and , later , Hebrew ...
... poems . Milton was educated at St. Paul's School , London . The conventional date given for his admission is 1620 , but it may have been as early as 1615 . In addition to his regular schoolwork in Latin , Greek , and , later , Hebrew ...
Page 142
... POEMS : A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle , 1634 [ Comus ] , in an enlarged text , and “ Lycidas " ( 1638 ) were both reprinted in Poems ( 1645 ) , which included nearly all the other early pieces , " L'Allegro , " " Il Penseroso ...
... POEMS : A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle , 1634 [ Comus ] , in an enlarged text , and “ Lycidas " ( 1638 ) were both reprinted in Poems ( 1645 ) , which included nearly all the other early pieces , " L'Allegro , " " Il Penseroso ...
Page 609
... poems that con- tain widely differing moods in each stanza , progress to a dramatic climax , or follow irregular prosodic patterns . In the modified - strophic setting of " Der Lindenbaum " ( " The Linden Tree " ) , from the cycle ...
... poems that con- tain widely differing moods in each stanza , progress to a dramatic climax , or follow irregular prosodic patterns . In the modified - strophic setting of " Der Lindenbaum " ( " The Linden Tree " ) , from the cycle ...
Common terms and phrases
albite amphiboles ancient aragonite areas atoms basalt bivalves body calcite calcium called carbonate central centre century cephalopods chemical clay minerals colour common composition contain crust crystals ctenidia cult cultural deities deposits developed dolomite Earth economic eggs electron evaporite example existence facies feldspar Figure garnet gastropods goddess gods grains Hittite human igneous rocks important industrial kaolinite king known layers limestone magma magnetic major mantle cavity marine material mental metamorphic rocks metaphysics Mexican Mexico City mica Michelangelo microscope millimetres Milton mimicry mind Mineralogy modern Molière Mongolia Mongols Moscow myth nature object occur ocean olivine organic originally oxide percent period philosophers physical plagioclase political population pressure produced properties pyroxene quartz reaction region religion religious reprinted result sandstones sedimentary rocks sediments shell silicate smectite snails society species structure Sumerian surface temperature temple tetrahedrons texture tion typically United urban volcanic