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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Another Fragment (A)

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment 6Another Fragment (B)Another Fragment (A) Yes, often when the eyes are cold and dry, And the lips calm, the Spirit weeps within Tears bitterer than the…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Another Fragment (B)

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Another Fragment (A)Another Fragment (B) Her hair was brown, her sphered eyes were brown, And in their dark and liquid moisture swam, Like the dim orb of the…

Brewer's: Look One Way and Row Another

(To). “Olera spectant, lardum tollunt.” To aim apparently at one thing, but really to be seeking something quito different. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

nonintercourse

(Encyclopedia) nonintercourse, in international law, refusal of a state to engage in diplomatic or commercial relations with another state. It is a hostile act of retaliation for some wrong and is…

crane, machine

(Encyclopedia) crane, hoisting machine for lifting heavy loads and transferring them from one place to another, ordinarily over distances of not more than 200 ft (60 m). Cranes have a long reach and…

stargazer

(Encyclopedia) stargazer, common name for any of several species of marine fishes of the family Uranoscopidae, found in southern waters, and having the mouth, nostrils, and eyes set high in the head…

Eupolis

(Encyclopedia) EupolisEupolisy&oomacr;ˈpəlĭs [key], fl. 430–411 b.c., Athenian comic poet. He seems to have collaborated with Aristophanes, whom he also attacked; another of his victims was…

machine translation

(Encyclopedia) machine translation, in computational linguistics, publishing, and other fields, the use of computers to conduct large-scale translation operations. The electronic translation of one…