polite+letters
81sir — From a historical point of view, ‘sir’ is a shortened form of ‘sire’, arising from the unstressed pronunciation of that word when placed before a man’s name to indicate that he was a baronet or a knight. Modern holders of those ranks are still …
82TRAVELERS AND TRAVELS TO EREẒ ISRAEL — Jewish Travelers Jews have traveled to see the Holy Land ever since they first settled in the lands of the Diaspora, i.e., travel by Jews to Ereẓ Israel began from the time of the Babylonian Exile and in effect never ceased entirely from then to… …
83The Coquette —   …
84French literature of the 17th century — mdash;the so called Grand Siècle mdash;spans the reigns of Henry IV of France, the Regency of Marie de Medici, Louis XIII of France, the Regency of Anne of Austria (and the civil war called the Fronde) and the reign of Louis XIV of France. The… …
85Elizabeth Griffith — Elizabeth Griffith, née Griffith ( c. 1727 ndash; 1793), was an eighteenth century Irish dramatist, fiction writer, essayist and actress, best known for her edition of Shakespeare s comedies published in 1775. Biography Griffith was born in Wales …
86Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von — born Aug. 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main died March 22, 1832, Weimar, Saxe Weimar German poet, novelist, playwright, and natural philosopher. In 1773 Goethe provided the Sturm und Drang movement with its first major drama, Götz von Berlichingen, and …
87Khmer language — Khmer ភាសាខ្មែរ Pronunciation IPA: [pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe] Spoken in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, USA, France …
88Latin literature — History of Literature Bronze Age literature Sumerian Egyptian Akkadian Classical literatures …
89Otto von Bismarck — Not to be confused with Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck. Otto von Bismarck Otto von Bismarck in August 1890 1st Chancellor of the German Empire …
90Vietnamese language — Vietnamese Tiếng Việt Pronunciation [tiə̌ŋ viə̀ˀt] (Northern) [tiə̌n jiə̀k] (Southern) Spoken in …
