Word: zenith
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...star is a very prominent one now and its position can be easily described: It can be seen at about seven or eight in the evening by looking overhead at the brighest star in the zenith and following with the eye about one quarter of the area from that star to the western horizon. The distinguishing points are that it is very bright and is almost exactly in the centre of a triangle of three other stars. More specifically--following along that part of the Fence running from the Co-operative to Massachusetts--if one stands by the first post...
...historical play, Henry V, distinguished among Shakspere's series of historical plays by its atmosphere of peace. Written after the melodramatic Henry VI, King John, Richard II, and others, it represents the highest development of Shakspere's views on war and peace. It was composed in 1599, at the zenith of his creative power, and is his only play of which the date of composition is definitely known...