Mickiewicz
Adam
[ah-dahm] /ˈɑ dɑm/ (Show IPA), 1798–1855, Polish poet.
Historical Examples
Again it is a ballad upon a Lithuanian theme, from the pen of Mickiewicz.
Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works Edward Baxter Perry
It was a wonderful and brilliant Paris which Mickiewicz entered.
Sonnets from the Crimea Adam Mickiewicz
A little later—during Mickiewicz’s own youth—Goethe was at the height of his power and the intellectual dictator of Europe.
Sonnets from the Crimea Adam Mickiewicz
Mickiewicz hoped that only the Christian religion can save mankind.
The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916) Nikolai Velimirovic
He thought Mickiewicz, the Polish national poet, “the most powerful poetic nature of the time.”
The Life of Mazzini Bolton King
It is remarkable how large a view of the Christian Church had Mickiewicz.
The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916) Nikolai Velimirovic
Mickiewicz, with the squadron that accompanied him from Rome, was received with the greatest enthusiasm at Florence.
At Home And Abroad Margaret Fuller Ossoli
Puschkin himself wrote eloquently of these same Crimean scenes that Mickiewicz shows us.
Sonnets from the Crimea Adam Mickiewicz
His Laments are his masterpiece, the choicest work of Polish lyric poetry before the time of Mickiewicz.
Laments Jan Kochanowski
Her dowry consisted in an old carpet, two stewing-pans, a plaster cast of Mickiewicz, and a pile of school prizes.
More Tales by Polish Authors Various
noun
Adam (ˈadam). 1798–1855, Polish poet, whose epic Thaddeus (1834) is regarded as a masterpiece of Polish literature
Read Also:
- Millerand
Alexandre [a-lek-sahn-druh] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə/ (Show IPA), 1859–1943, president of France 1920–24. Historical Examples This impression many socialist workingmen had, and the “case Millerand” strengthened it in them. Syndicalism in France Louis Levine After the expulsion of Millerand, the two parties united in 1905 at Rouen. Socialism and Democracy in Europe Samuel P. Orth When […]
- Milner
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator. Contemporary Examples Milner was the chief British civil administrator in South Africa through the (bitterly controversial at home) Boer War. Milner’s Timeless Political Question: “Why Won’t They Listen to Me?” David Frum September 12, 2012 Historical Examples Another anecdote or two of Milner, and I have […]
- Modigliani
Amedeo [ah-me-de-aw] /ˌɑ mɛˈdɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1920, Italian painter and sculptor in France. Contemporary Examples He loved early 20th-century paintings, especially by Modigliani, Picasso, Leger, and Rouault. Why I Admired a Porn King Alan M. Dershowitz October 21, 2010 Schaeffer remembers his father squirming when Pat Robertson talked about burning a reproduction of a […]
- Moravia
Alberto [ahl-ber-taw] /ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alberto Pincherle) 1907–90, Italian writer. Czech Morava. German Mähren. a region in the E Czech Republic: former province of Austria. Historical Examples Easy was the labor of the censor, for in Moravia, for instance, only one printer was fortunate enough to secure a license. Bohemia under Hapsburg Misrule Various […]
- Aldo moro
Aldo [al-doh;; Italian ahl-daw] /ˈæl doʊ;; Italian ˈɑl dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1916–78, Italian lawyer, author, and statesman: prime minister 1963–68, 1974–76. noun (pl) -ros, -ro. a member of a group of predominantly Muslim peoples of the S Philippines: noted for their manufacture of weapons the language of these peoples, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family noun […]