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71Publius Clodius Pulcher — (c. 93 BC – December 52 BC,[1] on 18 Ianuarius of the pre Julian calendar) was a Roman politician known for his popularist tactics. As tribune, he pushed through an ambitious legislative program, including a grain dole, but is chiefly remembered… …
72Henry Flood — (1732 ndash; 2 December 1791), Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, chief justice of the kings bench in Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient in the classics. He was …
73Matthew Parris — Not to be confused with Matthew Paris. For the lawyer and writer on Balkan affairs see Matthew Parish. Matthew Parris Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire In office 3 May 1979 – 8 May 1986 Preceded by James Scott Hopkins …
74Hugh Kingsmill — Lunn (November 21, 1889 – May 15, 1949), who used the pseudonym Hugh Kingsmill, was a versatile British writer and journalist. LifeHugh Kingsmill was born in London and educated at Harrow School and the University of Oxford. After graduating he… …
75Satire VI — is the most famous of the sixteen Satires by the Roman author Juvenal written in the late 1st or early 2nd century CE. In English translation, this satire is often titled something in the vein of Against Women due to the most obvious reading of… …
76Catullus 12 — is a poem by the Roman poet Catullus. In it, he chides Asinius Marrucinus for stealing one of his napkins, calling it uncouth and noting the disapproval of his brother, Pollio. Note the reversal of the praenomen and nomen in the first line. While …
77Defensio pro Populo Anglicano — is a Latin polemic by John Milton, published in 1651. The full title in English is John Milton an Englishman His Defence of the People of England.[1] It was a piece of propaganda,[2] and made political argument in support of what was at the time… …
78Patrick Haseldine — is a former British FCO official who was dismissed in August 1989 by the then foreign secretary, John Major, for various disciplinary offences constituting breaches of the Diplomatic Service Regulations . He had written a letter to the Guardian… …
79Libel (poetry) — Libel is a verse genre primarily of the Renaissance, descended from the tradition of invective in classical Greek and Roman poetry. Libel is usually expressly political, and balder and coarser than satire. Libels were generally not published but… …
80Aethelred Eldridge — Æthelred Eldridge is an academic and avant garde painter. Æthelred Eldridge (born James Edward Leonard Eldridge on April 21, 1930 in Monroe Michigan) is currently an Associate Professor at the Ohio University School of Art where he has been… …
