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Brewer's: Lyre
(The). That of Terpander and Olympus had only three strings; the Scythian lyre had five; that of Simonides had eight; and that of Timotheus (3 syl.) had twelve. It was played either with…2001-02 Phoenix Coyotes Team Stats
Top Scorers Gm G A Pts +/- PM PP Daymond Langkow 80 27 35 62 18 36 6 Daniel Briere 78 32 28 60 6 52 12 Shane Doan 81 20…budget
(Encyclopedia) budget, inclusive list of proposed expenditures and expected receipts of any person, enterprise, or government for a specified period, usually one year. Budget estimates are based on…suicide
(Encyclopedia) suicide [Lat.,=self-killing], the deliberate taking of one's own life. Suicide may be compulsory, prescribed by custom or enjoined by the authorities, usually as an alternative to…Thrace
(Encyclopedia) ThraceThracethrās [key], region, 3,310 sq mi (8,575 sq km), SE Europe, occupying the southeastern tip of the Balkan Peninsula and comprising NE Greece, S Bulgaria, and European Turkey…satire
(Encyclopedia) satire, term applied to any work of literature or art whose objective is ridicule. It is more easily recognized than defined. From ancient times satirists have shared a common aim: to…Walt Whitman: Rise O Days from Your Fathomless Deeps
Rise O Days from Your Fathomless DeepsPart 1Rise O days from your fathomless deeps, till you loftier, fiercer sweep, Long for my soul hungering gymnastic I devour'd what the earth gave me,…Coleridge: Love
Kubla KhanFrance: an OdeLove All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my…Brewer's: Short
My name is Short. I'm in a hurry and cannot wait. “Well, but let us hear the wishes (said the old man); my name is short, and I cannot stay much longer.” —W.Yeats: Fairy Tales of the Irish…Brewer's: Friday
is the Mahometan Sabbath. It was the day on which Adam was created and our Lord was crucified. The Sabeans consecrate it to Venus or Astarte. (See Frea.) Friday is Frig-daeg = dies…Trending
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