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Brewer's: Cimmerian Darkness
Homer (possibly from some story as to the Arctic night) supposes the Cimmerians to dwell in a land “beyond the ocean-stream,” where the sun never shone. (Odys., xi. 14.) “In dark Cimmerian…Brewer's: Blind Hedge
(A). A hawhaw hedge, not easily seen. Milton uses the word blind for concealed, as “In the blind mazes of this tangled wood.” (Comus, line 181.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…Brewer's: Amram's Son
Moses. (Exodus vi. 20.) As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Waved round the coast. Milton: Paradise Lost, i. 338–40. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Arioch
One of the fallen angels cast out of heaven. The word means a fierce lion. (MIlton: Paradise Lost, vi. 371.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Armoury
The place where armour is kept. But the sword Of Michael from the armoury of God Was given him. Milton: Paradise Lost , vi. 320. See also vii. 200. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Danaw
The Danube (German). To pass Rhone or the Danaw. Milton: Paradise Lost, book i. 353. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DanceDanaos A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Lycidas
The name under which Milton celebrates the untimely death of Edward King, Fellow of Christ College, Cambridge, who was drowned in his passage from Chester to Ireland, August 10th, 1637. He…Brewer's: Magnet
The loadstone; so called from Magnesia, in Lydia, where the ore was said to abound. The Greeks called it magnes. Milton uses the adjective for the substantive in the line “As the magnetic…Brewer's: Neæera
Any sweetheart or lady love. She is mentioned by Horace, Virgil, and Tibullus. To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neæra's hair. Milton: Lycidas. Source:…Brewer's: Ruminate
(3 syl.). To think, to meditate upon some subject; properly, “to chew the cud” (Latin, rumino). “To chew the cud of sweet and bitter fancy.” Milton. “On a flowery bank he chews the cud…Trending
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