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Social and benevolent schemes, such as Utopia, Coleridge's Pantisocracy, the dreams of Owen, Fourier, St. Simon, the New Republic, and so on. “Godwin! Hazlitt! Coleridge! Where now are…Brewer's: Bran
If not Bran, it is Bran's brother. If not the real “Simon Pure,” it is just as good. A complimentary expression. Bran was Fingal's dog, a mighty favourite. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Cats
Mistress Tofts, the singer, left legacies at death to twenty cats. Not Niobê mourned more for fourteen brats, Nor Mistress Tofts, to leave her twenty cats. Peter Pindar: Old Simon.…Brewer's: Humanitarians
Those who believe that Jesus Christ was only man. The disciples of St. Simon are so called also, because they maintain the perfectibility of human nature without the aid of grace. Source…Brewer's: Mennonites
(3 syl.). The followers of Simons Menno, a native of Friesland, who modified the fanatical views of the Anabaptists. (1496-1561.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Brewer's: Mezzoramia
An earthly paradise somewhere in Africa, but accessible by only one narrow road. Gaudentio di Lucca discovered this secret road, and resided in this paradise for twenty-five years. (Simon…Brewer's: Liberator
(The). The Peruvians so call Simon Bolivar, who established the independence of Peru. (1785-1831.) Daniel O'Connell was so called, because he tried to sever Ireland from England. (1775-…Brewer's: Saw
In Christian art an attribute of St. Simon and St. James the Less, in allusion to the tradition of their being sawn to death in martyrdom. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Son of the Star
[Bar Cochab]. A name assumed by Simon the Jew, in the reign of Hadrian, who gave himself out to be the “Star out of Jacob” mentioned in Numbers xxiv. 17. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…2000 Gramophone Awards
The 2000 Gramophone Awards were published in the December 2000 issue of the magazine.Orchestral (Record of the Year)Mahler, Symphony No 10 in F sharp, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon…Trending
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