Seven oulverins so called, cast by one Borthwick. And these were Borthwick's `Sisters Seven, And culverins which France had given; Ill-omened gift' The guns remain The conqueror's spoil on…
(The). Faith, Hope, Charity, Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance. The first three are called “the holy virtues.” (See Seven Deadly Sins.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…
Seven noble youths of Ephesos, who fled in the Decian persecution to a cave in Mount Celion. After 230 years they awoke, but soon died, and their bodies were taken to Marseilles in a large…
stand before the Throne of God: Michael, Gabriel, Lamael, Raphael, Zachariel, Anael, and Oriphel. (Gustavini.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Seven Spirits…
(The) or Sacred Books. (1)The Bible of Christians. (Canon completed A.D. 494; Old Testament as we have it, B.C. 130.) (2)The Eddas of the Scandinavians. (3)The Five Kings of the Chinese. “…
(All). Illassorted; not matched, higgledy-piggledy. To be at sixes and sevens. Spoken of things, it means in confusion; spoken of persons, it means in disagreement or hostility “Six, yea…
(Encyclopedia) Forty-seven Ronin, Jap. Chushingura, group of Japanese samurai who avenged the disgrace and seppuku (suicide) of their master, Lord Asano, in 1703 by assassinating Lord Kira, the…
(Encyclopedia) Group of Seventy Seven (G77), international organization, established in 1967 to promote economic cooperation and greater influence in world affairs among developing countries.…
About 350 mountaineers have climbed all "Seven Summits"—the highest peak on each of the seven continents. The first was Dick Bass, an American businessman, on April 30, 1985.
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