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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Utopia
Britannica 11thUTOPIA, an ideal commonwealth, or an imaginary country whose inhabitants are supposed to exist under the most perfect conditions possible. Hence the terms Utopia and Utopian are also used to denote any visionary scheme of reform or social theory, especially th ...
Vol. 27, pp. 823-823
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Topiary
Britannica 11thTOPIARY, a term in gardening or horticulture for the cutting and trimming of shrubs, such as cypress, box or yew, into regular and ornamental shapes. It is usually applied to the cutting of trees into urns, vases, birds and other fantastic shapes, which were c
Vol. 27, pp. 50-50
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Tompa
Britannica 11thTOMPA. MIHALY [MICHAEL] (1817-1868), Hungarian lyric poet, was born in 1817 at Rima-Szombat,in the county of Gomor, his father being village bootmaker. He studied law and theology in Saros-Patak, and subsequently at Budapest; and, after many vicissitudes, at t
Vol. 26, pp. 1063-1063
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