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Musset's _Lorenzaccio_. In Easter week of 1897 she played in a religious drama, _La Samaritaine_, by Rostand. In December 1896 an elaborate fete was organized in Paris in her honour; and the value of this public recognition of her position at the head of her profession was enhanced by cordial greetings from all parts of the world. By this time she had played one hundred and twelve parts, thirty-eight of which she had created. Early in 1899 she removed from the Renaissance to the Theatre des Nations, a larger house, which she opened with a revival of _La Tosca_. In the same year she made the bold experiment of a French production of _Hamlet_, in which she played the title part. She repeated the impersonation in London not long afterwards, where she also appeared (1901) as the fate-ridden son of Napoleon I., in Rostand's _L'Aiglon_, which had been produced in Paris the year before. Of the successful productions of her later years perhaps none was more remarkable than her impersonation of La Tisbe in Victor Hugo's romantic drama _Angelo_ (1905). See Jules Huret, _Sarah Bernhardt_ (1889); and her own volume of autobiography (1907). BERNHARDY, GOTTFRIED (1800-1875), German philologist and literary historian, was born on the 20th of March 1800, at Landsberg on the Wartia, in Brandenburg. He was the son of Jewish parents in reduced circumstances. Two well-to-do uncles provided the means for his education, and in 1811 he entered the Joachimsthal gymnasium at Berlin. In 1817 he went to Berlin University to study philology, where he had the advantage of hearing F.A. Wolf (then advanced in years), August Bockh and P. Buttmann. In 1822 he took the degree of doctor of philosophy at Berlin, and in 1825 became extraordinary professor. In 1829 he succeeded C. Reisig as ordinary professor and director of the philological seminary at Halle, and in 1844 was appointed chief librarian of the university. He died suddenly on the 14th of May 1875. The most important of Bernhardy's works were his histories (or sketches) of Greek and Roman literature; _Grundriss der romischen Litteratur_ (5th ed., 1872); _Grundriss der griechischcn Litteratur_ (pt. i.,
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1. Chapter 1 2. 2. (From the O. Eng. _beonet_, a coarse, rushy grass growing in wet 3. 1691. An able writer and skilful diplomatist, Bentivoglio was marked out 4. 1794. His father owned the _General Evening Post_ in conjunction with 5. episode of 1832-1833. As the South under Calhoun's lead became 6. 1854. An unsuccessful campaign for the governorship of Missouri in 1856 7. 1. Beowulf, with fourteen companions, sails to Denmark, to offer his 8. 2. All fear being now removed, the Danish king and his followers pass 9. 3. Richly rewarded by Hrothgar, Beowulf returns to his native land. He 10. 4. After Beowulf has reigned prosperously for fifty years, his country 11. 5. The news of Beowulf's dear-bought victory is carried to the army. 12. 1863. The chief articles of export are cereals, flour, wool, hemp, skins 13. 2. BERENICE, daughter of Ptolemy Philadelphus, wife of Antiochus Theos 14. 3. BERENICE, the daughter of Magas, king of Cyrene, and the wife of 15. 4. BERENICE, also called CLEOPATRA, daughter of Ptolemy X., married as 16. 5. BERENICE, daughter of Ptolemy Auletes, eldest sister of the great 17. 2. BERENICE, daughter of Agrippa I., king of Judaea, and born probably 18. 1729. In 1730 his enemy and rival, Prince Dolgoruki, was interned here 19. 5140. It lies pleasantly in the narrow well-wooded valley of the 20. 1587. He succeeded to his mother's estate of Charlton in Wiltshire, was 21. 24. VI. Songs and lyric choruses with orchestra, two vols. VII. Songs 22. 1842. The English language is universal. The colony is ecclesiastically 23. 1609. Sir George, from whom the islands took the alternative name of 24. book i. by William, abbot of St Thierry near Reims; book ii. by 25. 1820. He was educated at Sherborne school, and Trinity College, Oxford. 26. 1846. He was specially interested in legal history and in church 27. 1824. Prince Frederick removed the ducal residence to Ballenstedt in 28. introduction to his story of Arthur of Little Britain he excuses its 29. introduction to _Huon of Bourdeaux_ (Early English Text Society 30. 1880. In 1878 she published a prose sketch, _Dans les nuages; les 31. 1893. During those ten years she made several extended tours, including 32. 1896. In that year she made a success with an adaptation of Alfred de 33. Introduction and General View, 1836; pt. ii, Greek Poetry, 1845; pt. 34. 547. Aethelfrith, king of Bernicia, united Deira to his own kingdom, 35. 1755. He became known as one of the most expert epigrammatists in the 36. 1759. Having finished his literary studies, he was, according to custom, 37. 6. 45 Assyrian " 526 " 38. 1853. He published in 1883 a work _Ethnographie moderne des races 39. 1776. Although Thomas Reynolds in his _Iter Britanniarum_ (1799), an 40. 1698. His second marriage, with Anne Bulkeley, took place in 1700. As a 41. 167. It is in poor preservation and was partly rebuilt in 1820. Remains 42. 1895. He died at Hampstead, on the 9th of June 1901. Sir Walter Besant 43. 1796. His vocation for literature was assisted by his tutor, the poet 44. 1. LUCIUS CALPURNIUS BESTIA, Roman tribune of the people in 121 B.C., 45. 2. LUCIUS CALPURNIUS BESTIA, one of the Catilinarian conspirators, 46. introduction and notes by G. Gravier (Rouen, 1874), and an English 47. 5281. It lies near the lower end of the fine Nant Ffrancon (valley of 48. 1905. Bethlehem has often been called the American Bayreuth. Among the 49. 1736. He taught the belles-lettres from 1739 to 1744 at Brescia, where 50. 2866. The Worcester-Shrewsbury line of the Great Western is here joined 51. 1783. With his father, who was an _avocat_ in the parlement of Grenoble, 52. introduction to the Daru family, with which the Beyles were connected. 53. introduction of additional cards. The cards rank as follows:--Ace, ten, 54. 1850. In 1851 he set up as a medical practitioner in Bombay, where his

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