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Brewer's: Pitri
(plur. PITARAS). An order of divine beings in Hindu mythology inhabiting celestial regions of their own, and receiving into their society the spirits of those mortals whose funeral rites…Brewer's: Pitt's Mark
The printer's name and place of business affixed to printed books, according to William Pitt's Act, 39 Geo. III., c. 79. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Florentius
A knight who bound himself to marry a “foul and ugly witch,” if she would teach him the solution of a riddle on which his life depended. (Gower: Confessio Amantis.) Source: Dictionary of…1984 Olympic Judo Results
Class Super-Lightweight (-132 1/2 lb) Shinji Hosokawa, JPN Jae-Jup Kim, KOR Edward Liddle, USA Neil Eckersley, GBR Welterweight (-143 1/4 lb) Yoshiyuki Matsuoka…Sierra Leone: Major Players in the Civil War
The countries and people involved in the civil war by David Johnson Infoplease Atlas: Sierra Leone Related Links Sierra Leone Civil WarCountry Profile: Sierra LeoneMap: Sierra LeoneMap:…Brewer's: Koh-i-Nur
[Mountain of light]. A large diamond in the possession of the Queen of England. It was found on the banks of the Godavery (Deccan), 1550, and belonged to Shah Jehan and Aurungzebe the…Brewer's: Dialectics
Metaphysics; the art of disputation; that strictly logical discussion which leads to reliable results. The product or result is ideas, which, being classified, produce knowledge; but all…Brewer's: Necklace
A necklace of coral or white bryony beads used to be worn round the necks of children to aid their teething. Necklaces of hyoscyamus or henbane-root have been recommended for the same…Brewer's: Sand
(George). The nom de plume of Madame Dudevant, a French authoress, assumed out of attachment to Jules Sand or Sandeau, a young student, in conjunction with whom she published her first…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Note on the Cenci, by Mrs. Shelley
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Act 5Note on the Cenci, by Mrs. Shelley The sort of mistake that Shelley made as to the extent of his own genius and powers, which led him deviously at first, but…Trending
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