The Night-Adventure of Diomed ... The Battle at the Grecian Wall. The Third Battle, and the Acts of Agamemnon. Agamemnon, having armed himself, leads the Grecians to battle; Hector…
Old King ColeEdwin Arlington RobinsonIn Tilbury Town did Old King Cole
A wise old age anticipate,
Desiring, with his pipe and bowl,
No Khan's extravagant estate.
No crown annoyed his honest…
(St.). Patron saint of goldsmiths, being himself a noted worker in gold. He is represented generally in pontifical robes, but carrying a pair of pincers in his right hand. The pontificals…
God prospers their practice, and He, by them, calls Lazarus out of his tomb, me out of my bedAtque Annuit Ille, Qui, per Eos, Clamat, Linquas Jam, Lazare, LectumMeditationJohn Donne IF man…
by Robert Burns Epistle To A Young FriendA DreamAddress Of Beelzebub To the Right Honourable the Earl of Breadalbane, President of the Right Honourable and Honourable the Highland Society…
(2 syl.). Worshippers of Siva, one of the three great Indian sects; they are at present divided into - (1) Dandins or staff-bearers, the Hindu mendicants; so called because they carry a…
appears to have been a household joke with the ancient Greeks, for Antiphanes applies it to the discourses of Plato: “As the cold of certain cities is so intense that it freezes the very…
Knight of the Wood or Knight of the Mirrors. So called because his coat was overspread with numerous small mirrors. It was Sampson Carasco, a bachelor…
Seven-leagued boots. The boots worn by the giant in the fairy tale, called The Seven-leagued Boots. These boots would stride over seven leagues at a pace. I measure five feet ten inches…
A TestimonyI said of laughter: it is vain.
Of mirth I said: what profits it?
Therefore I found a book, and writ
Therein how ease and also pain,
How health and sickness, every one
Is…
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