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This may be the best-known spelling rule: i before e, except after cor when sounded like "ay"as in neighbor and weigh Here are some words that follow the rule:IE words: believe, field,…Brewer's: Bellerophon
One of the ships which took part in the Battle of the Nile, and was called by the English sailors “the Bully-ruffran,” or “Belly-ruffron.” “Why, she and the Belly-ruffron seem to have…Brewer's: The Animals admitted into Heaven
They are ten: Jonah's whaleSolomon's antthe ram caught by Abraham and sacrificed instead of Isaacthe cuckoo of Belkisthe camel of the prophet SalehBalaam's assthe ox of Mosesthe dog…Brewer's: February
The month of purification amongst the ancient Romans. (Latin, februo, to purify by sacrifice.) The 2nd of February (Candlemas Day). It is said, if the weather is fine and frosty at the…Sistine Chapel
(Encyclopedia) Sistine ChapelSistine Chapelsĭsˈtēn [key] [for Sixtus IV], private chapel of the popes in Rome, one of the principal glories of the Vatican. Built (1473) under Pope Sixtus IV, it is…Devonian period
(Encyclopedia) Devonian periodDevonian perioddĭvōˈnēən [key], fourth period of the Paleozoic era of geologic time between 408 and 360 million years ago (see Geologic Timescale, tablegeologic…William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 2), Act II
Act IIScene ISaint Alban'sEnter King Henry VI, Queen Margaret, Gloucester, Cardinal, and Suffolk, with Falconers halloingQueen MargaretBelieve me, lords, for flying at the brook, I saw not…William Shakespeare: Henry IV (Pt 2), Act I, Scene II
Scene IILondon. A streetEnter Falstaff, with his Page bearing his sword and bucklerFalstaffSirrah, you giant, what says the doctor to my water?PageHe said, sir, the water itself was a good…William Shakespeare: Pericles, Act I, Scene III
Scene IIITyre. An ante-chamber in the palaceEnter ThaliardThaliardSo, this is Tyre, and this the court. Here must I kill King Pericles; and if I do it not, I am sure to be hanged at home: '…Brewer's: Salamander
in Egyptian hieroglyphics, is a human form pinched to death with the cold. (See Undines.) Salamander. A sort of lizard, fabled to live in fire, which, however, it quenched by the chill of…