5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901 - 816 Seiten |
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... expression in the following lines from The Fire Worshippers , by Thomas Moore : " Around thee shall glisten the loveliest amber That ever the sorrowing sea - bird hath wept . " Ambrosia ( Gr . außpóotos , immor- tal ) . According to ...
... expression in the following lines from The Fire Worshippers , by Thomas Moore : " Around thee shall glisten the loveliest amber That ever the sorrowing sea - bird hath wept . " Ambrosia ( Gr . außpóotos , immor- tal ) . According to ...
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... expression " Anathema Maran atha " means a more fearful kind of denunciation ; but , according to the best authorities , the Syriac words Maran atha ( Our Lord cometh ) should be read as a separate sentence . It is so given in the ...
... expression " Anathema Maran atha " means a more fearful kind of denunciation ; but , according to the best authorities , the Syriac words Maran atha ( Our Lord cometh ) should be read as a separate sentence . It is so given in the ...
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... expression is derived from the French plier ( to fold ) . Apple - Pie Order . Primness and neatness of arrangement , extending to the most trifling detail . Apples of Sodom . Imaginary fruit , said by the ancients to grow near the Dead ...
... expression is derived from the French plier ( to fold ) . Apple - Pie Order . Primness and neatness of arrangement , extending to the most trifling detail . Apples of Sodom . Imaginary fruit , said by the ancients to grow near the Dead ...
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... expression " Attic salt " has the same meaning . See Attic Salt . Auburn . The name of the hamlet described in the poem of The Deserted Village , by Oliver Goldsmith ( 1728- 1774. ) Its location has been a matter of much dispute , —some ...
... expression " Attic salt " has the same meaning . See Attic Salt . Auburn . The name of the hamlet described in the poem of The Deserted Village , by Oliver Goldsmith ( 1728- 1774. ) Its location has been a matter of much dispute , —some ...
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... expression used to denote a principle , in European politics , that forbids any one nation to have such a preponderance of power as may endanger the independence of the rest . This is not , however , a modern idea , but was held as a ...
... expression used to denote a principle , in European politics , that forbids any one nation to have such a preponderance of power as may endanger the independence of the rest . This is not , however , a modern idea , but was held as a ...
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