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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…Y2 Panic
What do we really have to fear from the turn of the millennium? by Tasha Vincent It's important to understand that planes aren't going to fall from the sky. The elevators aren't going to the…Brewer's: Drama of Exile
(A). A poem by Elizabeth Barret Browning (1844). The exile is Eve, driven out of Paradise into the wilderness. Lucifer, Gabriel, and Christ are introduced into the poem, as well as Adam…Brewer's: Tib
St. Tib's Eve. Never. A corruption of St. Ubes. There is no such saint in the calendar as St. Ubes, and therefore her eve falls on the “Greek Kalends” (q.v.), neither before Christmas Day…Brewer's: Mark of the Beast
(The). To set the “mark of the beast” on an object or pursuit is to denounce it, to run it down as unorthodox. Thus, many persons set the mark of the beast on theatres, some on dancing,…John Keats: Ode to Psyche
by John Keats Ode on a Grecian UrnFancyOde to Psyche O Goddess! hear these tuneless numbers, wrung By sweet enforcement and remembrance dear, And pardon that thy secrets should…Brewer's: Never
There are numerous locutions to express this idea; as- At the coming of the Coqueligrues (Rabelais: Pantagruel). At the Latter Lammas. (See Lammas.) On the Greek Calends (q.v.) In the…Brewer's: All in all
He is all in all to me, that is, the dearest object of my affection. God shall be all in all means all creation shall be absorbed or gathered into God. The phrase is also used adverbially…Brewer's: All Hallow's Day
(November 1st). The French call it. Toussaint , which we have translated All Saints' Day. Hallow-mas is All-Saints' festival. (Anglo-Saxon, hálig, but Hálig-mónáth was september, and Hálig…On the Shelf
On the ShelfIn France the young girls have a dull time of it till they are married, when 'Vive la liberte!' becomes their motto. In America, as everyone knows, girls early sign the…Trending
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