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The youngest and comeliest of Charlemagne's paladins; and the nephew of Sir Roland. Baldwin. (in Jerusalem Delivered). The restless and ambitious Duke of Bologna, leader of 1,200 horse…
An impediment. The expression is taken from bowls, where “rub” means that something hinders the free movement of your bowl. “Without rub or interruption.” —Swift. Like a bowle that runneth…
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The most famous archer in the Trojan war, to whom Hercules, at death, gave his arrows. He joined the allied Greeks, with seven ships, but in the island of Lemnos, his foot being bitten by…
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