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21set\ one's\ heart\ on\ doing\ smth — v. phr. To want very much. He set his heart on that bike. To be very desirous of; hope very much to succeed in. Used with a verbal noun. He set his heart on winning the race …
22Robert Burton (scholar) — For other people named Robert Burton, see Robert Burton (disambiguation). Robert Burton Born 8 February 1577 Lindley, Leicestershire, England Died 25 January 1640 Oxford, England …
23De motu corporum in gyrum — (Latin: On the motion of bodies in an orbit ) is the (presumed) title of a manuscript by Isaac Newton sent to Edmond Halley in November 1684. It followed a visit by Halley earlier in that year, when Halley had questioned Newton about problems… …
24Leibniz and Newton calculus controversy — The calculus controversy was an argument between seventeenth century mathematicians Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz over who had first invented calculus. Newton claimed to have begun working on a form of the calculus (which he called the… …
25Esther in rabbinic literature — Esther in rabbinic literature.FamilyA foundling or an orphan, her father dying before her birth, her mother at her birth, Esther was reared in the house of Mordecai, her first cousin, to whom, according to some accounts, she was even married (the …
26Kahoukapu — was the 9th Alii Aimoku of Hawaii rulling from 1375 1405. He was the sovereign king or chief of the island of Hawaii. He was the son of Kuaiwa, 8th Alii Aimoku of Hawaii, and Kamuleilani. Kahoukapu seems to have followed his father Kuaiwa in the… …
27Science in the Age of Enlightenment — The scientific history of the Age of Enlightenment traces developments in science and technology during the Age of Reason, when Enlightenment ideas and ideals were being disseminated across Europe and North America. Generally, the period spans… …
28Fortunatus of Todi — Infobox Saint name= Saint Fortunatus of Todi birth date= death date=537 feast day= October 14 venerated in= Roman Catholic Church imagesize= 250px caption= birth place= death place= titles= beatified date= beatified place= beatified by= canonized …
29Congregation of Notre Dame de Montreal — Congregation of Notre Dame de Montreal † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Congregation of Notre Dame de Montreal Marguerite Bourgeoys, the foundress, was born at Troyes, France, 17 April, 1620. She was the third child of Abraham Bourgeois, a… …
30Benedict VIII — Pope Benedict VIII † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Benedict VIII Date of birth unknown; d. 9 April, 1024. The first of the Tusculan popes, being the son of Gregory, Count of Tusculum, and Maria, and brother of John XIX, he was, though… …
