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Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
A printing press began operating in Savannah in 1762. [3]Writers of the antebellum period included Thomas Holley Chivers (1809-1858), Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847). [4] In 1838 in Augusta, William Tappan Thompson founded the "first literary journal in Georgia," the Mirror.
A tailor is a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothing professionally, especially suits and men's clothing. Although the term dates to the thirteenth century, tailor took on its modern sense in the late eighteenth century, and now refers to makers of men's and women's suits, coats, trousers, and similar garments, usually of wool, linen, or ...
The earliest known Georgian literary work, The Martyrdom of the Holy Shushanik by Iakob Tsurtaveli, was composed between 476 and 484 CE. [1] It belongs to the literary genre of hagiographies. [2] The ninth and tenth centuries witnessed a flourishing of Christian theological literature, intertwined with a growing sense of Georgian national identity.
Tobacco Road is a 1932 novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional family of Georgia sharecroppers during the Great Depression. Although often portrayed as a work of social realism , the novel contains many elements of black comedy and sensationalism which made it a subject of controversy following its publication.
Skiing great Lindsey Vonn has announced that she will make her World Cup return at St Moritz, Switzerland next weekend.. In a video posted by her sponsor, Red Bull, on Friday, the 40-year-old Vonn ...
A fictional city, made of buildings from past world's fairs, and located near the North Pole, on Ellesmere Island Norwich, Nevada Jenő Rejtő: A Nevada szelleme: Novokribirsk Leigh Bardugo: Shadow and Bone: Nwotsemaht Patrick Hamilton: Impromptu in Moribundia: Nwotsemaht is the capital of Moribundia. "Thamestown" backwards. O ; Olinger ...
Heather Locklear is opening up about her favorite memories from filming the sitcom Spin City — and sharing what was different about working with Michael J. Fox versus his replacement in the ...