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Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus

Summary: {{Template}} The '''''Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus''''' is an incomplete [[satirical]] work ostensibly by the members of the [[Scriblerus Club]] but which was principally written by [[John...

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A Musical Joke

Summary: {{Template}} '''''A Musical Joke''''' (in German: ''Ein musikalischer Spaß'') [[Köchel catalogue|K.]] 522, ([[Divertimento]] for two horns and string quartet) is a composition by [[Wolfgang...

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Britannia Sitting On An Egg

Summary: {{Template}} ''[[Britannia Sitting On An Egg]]'' a machine-printed illustrated [[envelope]] published by the stationer W.R. Hume of Leith, Scotland, parodying the machine-printed illustrated...

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Beware the Cat

Summary: {{Template}} '''''Beware the Cat''''' (1561) is a short English novel written by the printer's assistant and poet [[William Baldwin (author)|William Baldwin]] (sometimes called Gulielmus...

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Dragon of Wantley

Summary: {{Template}} '''The Dragon of Wantley''' is a 17th century [[satire|satirical]] verse [[parody]] about a dragon and a brave knight. It was included in [[Thomas Percy (Bishop of Dromore)|Thomas...

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Namby Pamby

Summary: {{Template}} '''Namby Pamby''' is a term for affected, weak, and maudlin speech/verse. However, its origins are in '''''Namby Pamby''''' (1725), by [[Henry Carey (writer)|Henry Carey]]. Carey...

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Curro Savoy

Summary: {{Template}} '''Curro Savoy''' or '''Kurt Savoy''' ([[Andújar]], [[Province of Jaén (Spain)|Jaén Province]], 1946) is a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[musician]] specialised in [[whistling]] who lives...

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True History (full text, Thomas Francklin translation)

Summary: {{Template}} :''[[True History]] (full text, [[Thomas Francklin]] translation)'' ==Full text from [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10430/10430-h/10430-h.htm]== ===Front matter=== Trips to the...

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Photius I of Constantinople

Summary: {{Template}} '''Antonius Diogenes''' was the author of a [[Ancient Greek literature|Greek]] [[Novel|romance]], whom scholars have placed in the 2nd century [[Current Era|CE]]. His age was...

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The Incredible Wonders Beyond Thule

Summary: {{Template}} ''[[The Incredible Wonders Beyond Thule]]'' (Tα υπερ Θoυλην απιστα) is a [[Greek romance]], a lost work by [[Antonius Diogenes]]. It is highly praised by Photius for its vivid...

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Unsuri

Summary: {{Template}} '''Abul Qasim Hasan Unsuri Balkhi''' ({{lang-fa|ابوالقاسم حسن عنصری بلخی}}) (died 1039/1040) was a 10-11th century [[Persian language|Persian]] poet. He is said to have been born...

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Thule as Tile on the Carta Marina of 1539 by Olaus Magnus

Summary: {{Template}} [[Thule as Tile on the Carta Marina of 1539 by Olaus Magnus]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thule_carta_marina_Olaus_Magnus.jpg?uselang=nl] On the [[Carta Marina]] of...

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Azathoth

Summary: {{Template}} '''Azathoth''' is a deity in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] and [[Dream Cycle]] stories of [[H. P. Lovecraft]] and other authors. {{GFDL}}

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Heorot

Summary: {{Template}} '''Heorot''' is a [[Mead hall|mead-hall]] described in the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] epic ''[[Beowulf]]'' as "the foremost of halls under heaven." It served as a palace for...

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Hyperborean cycle

Summary: {{Template}} The '''Hyperborean cycle''' is a series of [[short stories]] by [[Clark Ashton Smith]] that take place in the fictional prehistoric setting of [[Hyperborea]] (present-day...

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Denial of pregnancy

Summary: {{Template}} '''Denial of pregnancy''' (also called '''pregnancy denial''') is a rare form of [[denial]] exhibited by women to either the fact or the implications of their own [[pregnancy]]....

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Sunny Afternoon

Summary: {{Template}}"'''Sunny Afternoon'''" (1966) is a song by [[The Kinks]], written by chief songwriter [[Ray Davies]]. Like its contemporary "[[Taxman]]" by [[The Beatles]], the song references...

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Something Else by The Kinks

Summary: {{Template}} '''''Something Else by The Kinks''''', often referred to as just '''''Something Else''''', is the fifth UK studio album by [[The Kinks]], released in September 1967. It marks the...

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Freakbeat

Summary: {{Template}} '''Freakbeat''' is a name sometimes used generally to denote rare, collectable, and obscure British pop and rock records of the [[British Invasion]]. Elements of the freakbeat...

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Carnaby Street

Summary: {{Template}} '''Carnaby Street''' is a [[Pedestrian zone|pedestrianised]] shopping street in the [[City of Westminster]], [[London]], located in the [[Soho]] district, near [[Oxford Street]]...

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