Crowell's Handbook for Readers and Writers: A Dictionary of Famous Characters and Plots in Legend, Fiction, Drama, Opera and Poetry, Together with Dates and Principal Works of Important Authors, Literary and Journalistic Terms, and Familiar AllusionsHenrietta Gerwig Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1925 - 728 oldal |
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... church , and dedicated it to the honor of all the martyrs . The festival of All Saints was first held on May 1st , but in the year 834 it was changed to November 1st . All Souls ' Day . The 2nd of Novem- ber , so called because ...
... church , and dedicated it to the honor of all the martyrs . The festival of All Saints was first held on May 1st , but in the year 834 it was changed to November 1st . All Souls ' Day . The 2nd of Novem- ber , so called because ...
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... church ( Acts V ) . Ananias Club . A hypothetical organi- zation to which Theodore Roosevelt , president of the United States 1901-1909 , made frequent reference . The allusion is obvious . Anapest Handbook for Readers and Writers.
... church ( Acts V ) . Ananias Club . A hypothetical organi- zation to which Theodore Roosevelt , president of the United States 1901-1909 , made frequent reference . The allusion is obvious . Anapest Handbook for Readers and Writers.
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... Church uses by the early Christian Fathers . In his De Hierarchia Celesti the pseudo - Dionysius ( early 5th century ) gives the names of the nine orders ; they are taken from the Old Testament , Eph . i . 21 , and Col. i . 16 , and are ...
... Church uses by the early Christian Fathers . In his De Hierarchia Celesti the pseudo - Dionysius ( early 5th century ) gives the names of the nine orders ; they are taken from the Old Testament , Eph . i . 21 , and Col. i . 16 , and are ...
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... Church . Aposiopesis . An abrupt breaking off in the middle of a sentence for effect , as , for " And if it bear fruit - but if example , not , cut it down . " The best - known instance in literature is probably Virgil's Quos ego ( q.v. ) ...
... Church . Aposiopesis . An abrupt breaking off in the middle of a sentence for effect , as , for " And if it bear fruit - but if example , not , cut it down . " The best - known instance in literature is probably Virgil's Quos ego ( q.v. ) ...
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... church of Alexandria , in the 4th century . He maintained ( 1 ) that the Father and Son are distinct beings ; ( 2 ) that the Son , though divine , is not equal to the Father ; ( 3 ) that the Son had a state of existence previous to His ...
... church of Alexandria , in the 4th century . He maintained ( 1 ) that the Father and Son are distinct beings ; ( 2 ) that the Son , though divine , is not equal to the Father ; ( 3 ) that the Son had a state of existence previous to His ...
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276. oldal - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place: The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose...
368. oldal - And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man to my wounding, And a young man to my hurt. 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
326. oldal - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament ? There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
89. oldal - Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest...
237. oldal - I do not love thee, Dr. Fell, the reason why I cannot tell, But this I know and know full well, I do not love thee, Dr. Fell...
428. oldal - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
302. oldal - Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. Her lips suck forth my soul — see where it flies! Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips And all is dross that is not Helena.
374. oldal - PARTIES, in order to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and security, by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war, by the prescription of open, just and honourable relations between nations, by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among Governments, and by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one another, Agree...
10. oldal - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
236. oldal - There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...