An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction: Including Also Familiar Pseudonyms, Surnames Bestowed on Eminent Men, and Analgous Popular Appellations Often Referred to in Literature and ConversationTicknor and Fields, 1866 - 410 من الصفحات |
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... ancient literature which is not included in ancient Mythology , yet the field of research continually widens as we come down to modern times , until it seems to be almost bound- less . In fixing the limits of the work , the ...
... ancient literature which is not included in ancient Mythology , yet the field of research continually widens as we come down to modern times , until it seems to be almost bound- less . In fixing the limits of the work , the ...
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... ancient form of adoration . Sir W. Scott . Ab - hor'son ( -sn ) . An executioner in Shakespeare's " Measure for Meas- ure . " ' bou Has'san . The hero of one of the stories in the " Arabian Nights ' Entertainments , " - -a young man of ...
... ancient form of adoration . Sir W. Scott . Ab - hor'son ( -sn ) . An executioner in Shakespeare's " Measure for Meas- ure . " ' bou Has'san . The hero of one of the stories in the " Arabian Nights ' Entertainments , " - -a young man of ...
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... ancient Persians , being a personification of the principle of evil . To his agency were ascribed all the evils existing in the world . Ormuzd , or Oromasdes , the principle of good , is eternal , but Ahriman is created , and will one ...
... ancient Persians , being a personification of the principle of evil . To his agency were ascribed all the evils existing in the world . Ormuzd , or Oromasdes , the principle of good , is eternal , but Ahriman is created , and will one ...
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... ancient Celtic name of Scotland , and , until Cæsar's time , the appellation of the whole island of Great Britain . It is said to be derived from the Celtic alp or alb , meaning high , and inn , an island . The Scottish Celts denominate ...
... ancient Celtic name of Scotland , and , until Cæsar's time , the appellation of the whole island of Great Britain . It is said to be derived from the Celtic alp or alb , meaning high , and inn , an island . The Scottish Celts denominate ...
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... ancient legend , and the title of a celebrated ballad , preserved in Per- cy's " Reliques , " which relates how the honor of Queen Eleanor , wife of Henry II . of England , impeached by Sir Aldingar , her steward , was sub- mitted to ...
... ancient legend , and the title of a celebrated ballad , preserved in Per- cy's " Reliques , " which relates how the honor of Queen Eleanor , wife of Henry II . of England , impeached by Sir Aldingar , her steward , was sub- mitted to ...
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