Wilde
Os·car (Fin·gal O'Fla·her·tie Wills) [os-ker fing-guhl oh-fla-her-tee wilz, oh-flair-tee], /ˈɒs kər ˈfɪŋ gəl oʊˈflæ hər ti ˈwɪlz, oʊˈflɛər ti/, "Sebastian Melmoth", 1854–1900, Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, essayist, and critic.
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Celenza already hosts Tastemade show “Struggle Meals,” and Wilde has worked on a Tastemade-produced branded-content series for Lexus and is starring in a pilot for a new show.
Tastemade adds programs to sell and manage subscriptions, events for creators | Tim Peterson | November 22, 2021 | Digiday“When you see the results, it’s almost like magic,” Wilde says.
Simple hand-built structures can help streams survive wildfires and drought | Brianna Randall | March 26, 2021 | Science NewsBeing familiar with a few of Wilde’s epigrams — “Only the shallow know themselves” — I bought the 900-page collection for $15 and read it with great pleasure.
How did all these books get into my house? There’s a method to what seems like madness. | Michael Dirda | January 6, 2021 | Washington PostAnd we have a lot of great guests this season: Greta Gerwig, Natasha Lyonne, Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi is back—I love that guy.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness | Marlow Stern | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the Absinthe House has a full list: Other famous imbibers include P.T. Barnum, Oscar Wilde, and General Robert E. Lee.
A new specialist tour company will take its first group of tourists overseas to reveal the real-life landmarks of Oscar Wilde.
“Let us agree, if you please, that in this one circumstance Mr. Wilde is wrong,” I said.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Impossible,” began the other, but was silenced by a sort of bark from Mr. Wilde.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet it is just because there is some truth in Wilde's plea, that there is still something to be said to-day of Baudelaire.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierAt the present moment the works of Oscar Wilde are being sold in enormous quantities and in many editions.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierMr. Lightoller came on the bridge again to take over the ship from Mr. Wilde, the chief officer (dead).
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British GovernmentHer strong hands were lifting the little creature, and Mrs. Wilde found herself driven away.
Country Neighbors | Alice BrownAlthough notwithstanding there is great store thereof in many places of the countrey growing naturally and Wilde.
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land Of Virginia, 1590 | Thomas Hariot
British Dictionary definitions for Wilde
/ (waɪld) /
Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills). 1854–1900, Irish writer and wit, famous for such plays as Lady Windermere's Fan (1892) and The Importance of being Earnest (1895). The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) is a macabre novel about a hedonist and The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898) relates to his experiences in prison while serving a two-year sentence for homosexuality
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