Benjamin BrittenArchive PhotosJohann Sebastian BachArchive PhotosBaroque VocalBach, St. Matthew Passion, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists (Archiv)…
(Hebrew). The worthless or lawléss one, i.e. the devil. Milton, in his pandemonium, makes him a very high and distinguished prince of darkness. (Paradise Lost.) “What concord hath Christ…
(3 syl.). A king of Elis, noted for his arrogancè and impiety. He wished to be called a god, and to receive divine honour from his subjects. To imitate Jove's thunder he used to drive his…
Showy, worthless finery; a corruption of St. Audrey. At the annual fair of St. Audrey, in the isle of Ely, showy lace called St. Audrey's lace was sold, and gave foundation to our word…
An offering given to the priest at Whitsuntide, according to the number of chimneys in his parish. “The Bishop of Elie hath out of everie parish in Cambridgeshire a certain tribute called…
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