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Brewer's: Glass Houses
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. When, on the union of the two crowns, London was inundated with Scotchmen, Buckingham was a chief instigator of the movement against…Herrera, Abraham Cohen de
(Encyclopedia) Herrera, Abraham Cohen deHerrera, Abraham Cohen deār-rāˈrä [key], c.1570–1635, Jewish philosopher and kabbalist, also called Alonso Nunez de Herrera and Abraham Irira. Born possibly in…spikenard
(Encyclopedia) spikenardspikenardspīkˈnärd [key], name for several plants. The biblical spikenard, or nard, was a costly aromatic ointment, preserved in alabaster boxes, whose chief ingredient is…Ezion-geber
(Encyclopedia) Ezion-geberEzion-geberēˈzēŏn-gēˈbər [key] or Ezion-gaberEzion-geber–gāˈ– [key] [both: Heb.,=giant's backbone], ancient port, on the Gulf of Aqaba. The site, near Aqaba, is now some…Bougainville, Louis Antoine de
(Encyclopedia) Bougainville, Louis Antoine deBougainville, Louis Antoine delwē äNtwänˈ də b&oomacr;găNvēlˈ [key], 1729–1811, French navigator. He accompanied Montcalm to Canada as aide-de-camp,…Brewer's: Solingen
The Sheffield of Germany, famous for swords and fencing-foils. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SolomonSolid Doctor A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…The Koran/Sura XXXVIII — Sad
Sura XXXVIII — SadMecca — 88 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful SAD.[320] By the Koran full of warning! In sooth the Infidels are absorbed in pride, in contention…2 Chronicles: 35
2 Chronicles Chapter 35 1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their…Brewer's: Pantagruel'
So called because he was born during the drought which lasted thirty and six months, three weeks, four days, thirteen hours, and a little more, in that year of grace noted for having “…Brewer's: Temple Bar
called “the City Golgotha,” because the heads of traitors, etc., were exposed there. (Removed 1878.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Temple of SolomonTemple…Trending
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