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  2. Encyclopædia Britannica Third Edition - Wikipedia

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    The third edition established the foundation of the Britannica as an important and definitive reference work for much of the next two centuries. With nearly double the scope of the 2nd edition, Macfarquhar's encyclopedic vision was finally realized. This edition was also very profitable, yielding £42,000 profit on the sale of about 10,000 copies.

  3. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism - Wikipedia

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    The anthology is organized by author, the order being determined by their birth year. Most inclusions are essays or book chapters, and some authors have several works listed. The following is a list of authors represented in the anthology's third edition.

  4. The Sphinx (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The title-page of the first edition of The Sphinx, with decorations by Charles Ricketts. The Sphinx is a 174-line poem by Oscar Wilde, written from the point of view of a young man who questions the Sphinx in lurid detail on the history of her sexual adventures, before finally renouncing her attractions and turning to his crucifix.

  5. The Norton Anthology of English Literature - Wikipedia

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    The first edition of The Norton Anthology of English Literature, printed in 1962, comprised two volumes.Also printed in 1962 was a single-volume derivative edition, called The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Major Authors Edition, which contained reprintings with some additions and changes including 28 of the major authors appearing in the original edition.

  6. Webster's Third New International Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (commonly known as Webster's Third, or W3) is an American English-language dictionary published in September 1961. It was edited by Philip Babcock Gove and a team of lexicographers who spent 757 editor-years and $3.5 million.

  7. Sphinx (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Sphinx is a 1979 novel by Robin Cook. It follows a young American Egyptologist named Erica Baron, on a working vacation in Egypt, who stumbles into a dangerous vortex of intrigue after seeing an ancient Egyptian statue of Seti I in a Cairo market. [1] Cook's third novel, it is one of the few not centered on medicine. [2]

  8. Mary's Child - Wikipedia

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    Behind it was the Trinity, and her finger was stained with gold. She tried to hide it, lying three times, and the Virgin Mary said she could no longer remain for her disobedience and lying. She fell asleep and woke to find herself in a forest .

  9. The Circus of Dr. Lao - Wikipedia

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    Sphinx: A hermaphroditic, African sphinx. Its head is blunt nosed and womanlike; it has breasts like a woman. Chimera: The chimera is male, unlike the chimera of Greek myth, thus its body is different. Although it has a lion's body and a snake's tail, it has eagle's wings and a metal barb at the end of its tail with which it can strike like a ...