GREAT DANE

breed of very large, powerful working dog developed in Europe more than 400 years ago. It may stand as high as 36 in. (91.4 cm) at the shoulder and weigh up to 150 lb (68.1 kg). Its short, dense, glossy coat may be brindle, fawn, blue, black, or the combination of white with black patches that is called harlequin. Although its origins are obscure, dogs of similar appearance were depicted in the art of ancient China, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Despite the name, the Great Dane in its present-day form is of German development, and records testify to its use as a boarhound in the 16th cent. in that country. Today it is raised for show competition and is also valued as a gentle, devoted pet. See dog.

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books on: Great Dane  - 2046 results

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Representative Plays - Vol. 3
Includes: Michael and His Lost Angel; The Liars; Mrs. Dane's Defence; The Hypocrites
Book by Henry Arthur Jones, Clayton Hamilton; Little, Brown, and Company, 1925
Subjects: Fiction
...gifts and talents have never been in greater evidence or fuller employ than in the...revivals of my plays is a source of the greatest gratification to your legion of friends...play the comedy part made possible the great and moving performance of Mrs. Dane by Miss Lena Ashwell. It is a delight to me that Mrs. Dane gave Miss Ashwell the opportunity of...
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The Fighting Kings of Wessex
Book by G. P. Baker; Combined Books, 1996
Subjects: Anglo-Saxons--England--Wessex--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Danes--England--Wessex--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Great Britain--History, Military--449-1066, Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon Period, 449-1066, Wessex (England)--History, Military, Wessex (England)--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...then they made a third attempt. Hakon was surprised by much greater forces, and though he is said to have won the battle of...power nor the opportunity to prevent this destruction of the great achievement of Aethilstan. It resulted in a considerable...country, and the blending into one nation of Englishman and Dane. Any factor which induced the English Danes to look overseas damaged this policy. How far it was successful...
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Great Britain: A Study of Civic Loyalty
Book by John Merriman Gaus; The University of Chicago Press, 1929
Subjects: Civics, Education--Great Britain, Great Britain--Nationality, Great Britain--Politics And Government, Great Britain--Social Conditions
...outer world. The extent of the great plain made a network of canals...Saxon, or Norman, or Dane are we," sang Tennyson...wellknown fact that nearly all great English musicians have been Germans, and most great English painters Dutch...
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Great Britain and the United States: A History of Anglo-American Relations, 1783-1952
Book by H. C. Allen; Odhams Press, 1954
Subjects: Great Britain--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Great Britain
...more widespread and acceptable by the great complexity of traditional institutions...inheritance and transfer of land, and the great estates still dominated the country...tyrants--the Saxon, the Norman and the Dane; the stern Edwards and fierce Henries...affords no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more...
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Great Britain and the United States: A History of Anglo-American Relations (1783-1952)
Book by H. C. Allen; St. Martins Press, 1955
Subjects: Great Britain--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Great Britain, United States--History
...more widespread and acceptable by the great complexity of traditional institutions...inheritance and transfer of land, and the great estates still dominated the country...tyrants--the Saxon, the Norman and the Dane; the stern Edwards and fierce Henries...affords no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more...
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Complexities in GIS Construction and Spatial Knowledge Production in Dane County, Wisconsin
Journal article by Falguni Mukherjee, Rina Ghose; Cartography and Geographic Information Science, Vol. 36, 2009
Subjects: Geographic information systems--Analysis, Geographic information systems--Usage, Local government--Technology application, Local government--Wisconsin
...Advisory committee. Over the years, Dane County has benefited greatly from the...enhance its enterprise GIS framework (Dane County Land Information Plan, July 2005...critical role of the LIO office in shaping Danes GIS practices remains unexplored, making...sections, the role of the LIO office as Dane Countys central GIS purveyor will be discussed...
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Australian Medical Intellectuals and the Great War
Journal article by Joy Damousi; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 53, 2007
Subjects: Armit, Henry, British Empire, ca. 1600-1970--Influence, Dane, Paul, Medical journals--History, Medical scientists--Aims and objectives, Medical scientists--Practice, Medical scientists--Social aspects, Springthorpe, John, World War I, 1914-1918--Influence
...terms but to explore how the Great War in particular created...John Springthorpe and Paul Dane--whose careers will be...Journal of Australia and the Great War it will always remain...in all its branches of the greatest benefit to the people of Australia...journal was "an occurrence of greater importance than anything that...out. No sacrifices are too great for the profession in its...
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Historical and Current Environmental Influences on an Endemic Great Plains Fish
Journal article by Jesse R. Fischer, Craig P. Paukert; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 159, 2008
Subjects: Aquatic ecosystems, Changes, Competitive advantage, Data analysis, Endangered & extinct species, Environmental conditions, Fish, Great Plains, Methods, Native species, Water quality
...assemblages relative to an endemic Great Plains fish. The deleterious...species and impoundment) of Great Plains streams have long been...connectivity and potential for greater variability in environmental...important predictors of this rare Great Plains fish. The plains topminnow...Peters, Richard Holland, Dane Shuman, Tony Barada and Bill...
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The Third Grammatical Treatise and Ole Worm's Literatura Runica
Journal article by Tarrin Wills; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 76, 2004
Subjects: Runes--Analysis, Worm, Dane Ole--Works
...century in a work By the Dane Ole Worm (Olaus Wormius...in general, been a great many inaccurate claims...promotes the idea of the great antiquity of the Danish...scholarly rivalries between Danes and Swedes about the antiquity...treatises in W,, provided a great deal of the information...
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Baseball's Great Hitting Barrage of the 1990s
Journal article by Benjamin G. Rader, Kenneth J. Winkle; Nine, Vol. 10, 2002
Subjects: Baseball players--Demographic aspects, Baseball--History, Batting (Baseball)--Statistics
...of the 1990s. TABLE 1. The Great Offensive Barrage, Major Leagues...14.3 3.1 TABLE 2. The Great Offensive Barrage, Minor Leagues...The Secret Life of Americas Greatest Franchise (New York: Verso...Gerlach, Steven Gietschier, Dane Kennedy, Bill Kirwin, Kent...and Tom Verducci, "The Greatest Season Ever," Sports Illustrated...
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Great Dane: Matthew Dodd Celebrates the Centenary of the Modernist Arne Jacobsen
Magazine article by Matthew Dodd; New Statesman, Vol. 131, April 22, 2002
Subjects: Artists, Danish--Works, Jacobsen, Arne--Works, Modernism (Art)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Great Dane: Matthew Dodd celebrates the centenary of the modernist Arne Jacobsen by...finished their work, Denmark, unlike the SAS Hotel, retains more of its great achievements of the past 50 years than small rooms showing museum pieces...
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Great Danes
Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 200, December 1996
Subjects: Architectural design--Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark--Buildings, facilities, etc.
Great Danes by Peter Davey Copenhagen is...coincidence, designed by a Dane, poor Otto yon Spreckelsen...has gone not into just a few great and showy buildings but a large...decency that surpasses any other great city I know. There is little...
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Not So Great Dane
Magazine article by Josh Larsen; The American Enterprise, Vol. 15, June 2004
Subjects: Dogville--Movie reviews, Motion pictures--Movie reviews
Not So Great Dane. by Josh Larsen Ears von Triers Dogville is a movie so hermetic, so muddled, so ignorantly invective toward the United States...
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'The Fighting Dane' Was a U.s. Marshal
Magazine article by John Koster; Scandinavian Review, Vol. 95, Autumn 2008
Subjects: Cowboys, Robbery, War
The Fighting Dane Was a U.s. Marshal by John...Christian Madsen, one of the greatest U.S. marshals in the history...knew him as "The Fighting Dane," and when he rode with two...informant told the fighting Dane that a wanted train robber...for his horse. Madsen, a great marksman with a Winchester...
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There Was a Dane at Custer's Last Stand
Magazine article by John Koster; Scandinavian Review, Vol. 95, Spring 2008
Subjects: Armed forces, Men, Wives
There Was a Dane at Custers Last Stand by John...uncles to their nephews. The Danes were good soldiers-Horatio Nelson said that the Danes he fought at Copenhagen were...landed afterwards also said the Danes were excellent soldiers. Prussia...battle to debilitation and took great pride in honoring their given...
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Great Dane's the Top Dog; the Ulster Derby: Prendergast Gets the Nod at Down Royal
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), June 20, 2010
Great Danes the Top Dog; the Ulster Derby...Byline: JIMMY WALKER CELTIC DANE gave trainer Kevin Prendergast...Supposin, who was owned by a great friend of mine, Davy Brennan...with Celtic Dane. "This is great for Davys memory as he won...
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THE GREAT DANE ROBBERY; Pup Found after Bin Bag Ordeal
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), July 28, 2007
Subjects: Robbery
THE GREAT DANE ROBBERY; Pup Found after...CRUEL dog thief dumped a Great Dane pup in a bin bag and left it...still on for another young Great Dane stolen at the same time. The...few weeks old, hes a Great Dane so is not a small pup. He should...weeks ago to Dawns two Great Danes, Boo and Lola. She had intended...
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MY NOSE WAS BITTEN OFF BY A GREAT DANE; 'Son Was Sick When He Saw Me'
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), September 30, 2010
MY NOSE WAS BITTEN OFF BY A GREAT DANE; Son Was Sick When He Saw Me...his nose ripped off by a great Dane hit out at the owners yesterday...Co Durham. He saw two great Danes in the front garden and was...JGreat At that point the great Dane bitch stood on her hind legs...
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Great Dane Wins Right to Jump Up at Joggers
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 31, 2009
Subjects: Negligence
Great Dane Wins Right to Jump Up at Joggers. Byline...a summer day in the park and Hector the Great Dane was having a fine time bounding around...Mr Whippey, who is single and works at a Great Dane rescue centre, said: I feel like...
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In the Clear, the Great Dane That Scared a Horse
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 29, 2009
In the Clear, the Great Dane That Scared a Horse. Byline: Gavin Madeley WHEN David Leyden let his Great Dane, Molly, loose on a beach, he...him guilty, the justice said of the Great Dane: Its size, height and stature...
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encyclopedia articles on: Great Dane  - 6 results

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Great Dane
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GREAT DANE breed of very large, powerful working dog developed in Europe more than...art of ancient China, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Despite the name, the Great Dane in its present-day form is of German development, and records testify...
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Great Britain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Great Britain. By far the greatest number of Britons (some 27...up the bulk of the catch. Great Britain is one of the worlds...and most important port is Greater London, which also has various...began raids that turned into great waves of invasion and settlement...known in English history as Danes) harassed coastal England...Alfred of Wessex and were with great difficulty confined to the...AEthelred , 965? 1016). The Dane Canute ruled all England by...
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Working Dog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Flandres , boxer , Briard , bull mastiff , Cardigan Welsh corgi , collie , Doberman pinscher , German shepherd , Great Dane , Great Pyrenees , komondor , kuvasz , mastiff , Newfoundland , old English sheepdog , Pembroke Welsh corgi , puli , Rottweiler...
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Schnauzer
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...end of the 19th cent. by crossing the standard schnauzer with various native sheepherding and farm dogs and later the Great Dane, stands from 21 1 / 2 to 25 1 / 2 in. (54.6 64.8 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 65 to 78 lb (29...
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Middle English Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...based upon indigenous material include King Horn and Havelok the Dane , both 13th-century works that retain elements of the Anglo...Christian allegory The Pearl (see separate article) is a poem of great intricacy and sensibility that is meaningful on several symbolic...
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