Rosamond
commonly called FAIR
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These 11 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Rosamond, Rosamond, Rosaniline.
Rosamond
the mistress of Henry II. of England. She was the daughter of Walter de Clifford, a knight of property in various shires. Almost everything else related to Rosamond is legendary. The fable of the dagger and poison with which the jealous Queen Eleanor is said to have sought out her rival has not been traced higher than a ballad of 1611. She died in 1176 or 1177, and was buried in the Church of Godstow Nunnery, whence, however, Hugh of Lincoln caused her body to be removed in 1191.
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Rosaniline
in chemistry, H2N-C6H4>C<一 C20H19N3H2N C6H4 NH. a red dye, occurring in commerce under the names of aniline red, azaleine, fuchsine, magenta, roseine, etc. It is prepared by heating a mixture of dry arsenic acid and aniline to 140°, for six or eight hours. It forms colorless crystalline plates, which are colored red on exposure to the air, insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol. The aniline reds used in dyeing are generally monoacid salts of rosaniline more or less pure.
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Rosario
the third city of the Argentine Republic, and the largest in Santa Fé; on the W. bank of the Paraná, 190 miles N. W. of Buenos Ayres. It has an excellent harbor, and carries on a large commerce direct with Europe; the exports exceed $100,000,000. The houses for the most part are of a single story; for the rest, the city is laid out, on a smaller scale, on the lines of Buenos Ayres, with narrow streets, few and paltry plazas, and only one monument of note-a lofty marble shaft (1883) bearing a figure of Victory and surrounded by four statues. ways run in every direction, and there is a telephone to Buenos Ayres. The city possesses an exchange, a theater, a great bull-ring, two markets, hospitals, steam elevators, a sugar factory, etc. Rosario was founded in 1725. Pop. about 250,000.
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Rosary Sunday
the first Sunday in October; a feast instituted by Gregory XIII. for the Confraternity of the Rosary, and made of universal observance after the victory of the Emperor Charles VI. over the Turks, in gratitude to the Blessed Virgin. An impetus has been given to the devotion of the rosary by Leo Leo XIII., who enjoined its daily use in public during October. Roses are blessed and distributed as souvenirs, and the rosary is recited continually during the day.
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Roscius
QUINTUS, the most celebrated comic actor at Rome; born a slave about 134 b. c. He realized an enormous fortune by his acting, and was raised to the equestrian rank by Sulla. He enjoyed the friendship of Cicero, who in his early years received instruction from the great actor. Roscius died about 62 b. c.
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Roscoe
WILLIAM, an English historian; born in Mt. Pleasant, Liverpool, England, March 8, 1753. His most important work, "The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici" (1796), did much toward stimulating English interest in Italian literature. His "The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast" (1807), a nursery classic in verse, attracted the attention of the king and queen, and was set to music for the young princesses. Among his many other works may be named: "A General View of the African Slave Trade" (1788); "The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth" (1805); and "On the Origin and Vicissitudes of Literature, Science and Art" (1817). He died in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, June 30, 1831.
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Roscommon
an inland county of Connaught, Ireland, called after Comon, a founder of monasteries and schools in the eighth century. The area is 949 square miles. The surface is fertile and is watered by the Shannon river. The plain of Boyle in the center, celebrated for sheep, is full of historical landmarks, and at Croaghon, formerly Rath Cruachain, the ancient burial-place of the kings of Connaught, still stands the pillar stone of King Dathi, killed in the Alps, 428 A. D. Sheep and cattle raising and agriculture are highly developed. The capital is Roscommon. Pop. about 90,000.
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Rose
JOHN HOLLAND, an English historian, born at Bedford, England, in 1855. He was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating from the latter in 1879. He was lecturer on modern history to the Cambridge and London Societies for University Extension, in 1911, after which he was reader of modern history at Cambridge. His historical writings include "The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era" (1894); "The Reign of Queen Victoria" (1897); "The Rise of Democracy" (1897); "William Pitt and the Great War" (1911); "Origins of the War" (1914); and "The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914" (1915). He was one of the contributors to the Cambridge Modern History. ROSE ACACIA (Robinia hispida, natural order Leguminosa), a highly ornamental flowering shrub inhabiting the S. parts of the Alleghany Mountains, and now frequently seen in gardens in Europe. It is a species of locust; the flowers are large, rose-colored, and inodorous; the pods are glandular-hispid.
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Rose (Beautiful and fragrant flower)
the beautiful and fragrant flower which has given name to the large natural order Rosaceæ, seems to be confined to the cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere. The species are numerous and are extremely difficult to distinguish. The rose is easily cultivated, and its varieties are almost endless. Nature, almost unaided, will perform wonders in bringing forth new roses; but man, properly conversant with her secrets, can do much to help. Crossing, grafting, and bud variation are the methods practiced by growers. Of these of one variety to the stigma of another. The American Beauty rose had its birth in an almost neglected corner of the Washington garden garden of the late George Bancroft. Amid a tangle of roses of common varieties suddenly blossomed this new and wonderful rose. Slips were at once experimented with, and American Beauty has been steadily improved in size and fragrance.
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Rose Apple
or MALABAR PLUM, a tree of the genus Eugenia, the E. Jambos, belonging to the natural order Myrtaceæ. It is a branching tree, a native of the East Indies. The fruit is about the size of a hen's egg, is rose-scented, and has the flavor of an apricot. ROSE, ATTAR OF. See ATTAR.
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