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or “the Grave of the Greyhound.” A ballad by the Hon. William Robert Spencer. The tale is that one day Llewellyn returned from hunting, when his favourite hound, covered with gore, ran to…Brewer's: Kiss Hands
(To). To kiss the hand of the sovereign either on accepting or retiring from a high government office. (See Kiss.) “Kissing the hand to the statute of a god was a Roman form of adoration…Brewer's: Acrasia
Acra′sia (Self-indulgence). An enchantress who lived in the “Bower of Bliss,” situate in “Wandering Island” She transformed her lovers into monstrous shapes, and kept them captives. Sir…Brewer's: Ignatius
(St.) is represented in Christian art accompanied by lions, or chained and exposed to them, in allusion to his martyrdom. The legend is that he was brought before the Emperor Trajan, who…Brewer's: Navvy
A contraction of navigator. One employed to make railways. “Canals were thought of as lines of inland navigation, and a tavern built by the side of a canal was called a `Navigation Inn.'…Brewer's: Summum Bonum
The chief excellence; the highest attainable good. SOCRATES said knowledge is virtue, and ignorance is vice. ARISTOTLE said that happiness is the greatest good. BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE and…Brewer's: Fighting Prelate
Henry Spencer, Bishop of Norwich, who greatly distinguished himself in the rebellion of Wat Tyler. He met the rebels in the field, with the temporal sword, then absolved them, and sent…Brewer's: Egoism
The theory in Ethics which places man's summum bonum in self. The correlative of altruism, or the theory which places our own greatest happiness in making others happy. Egoism is…Brewer's: Methodists
A name given (1729) by a student of Christ Church to the brothers Wesley and their friends, who used to assemble on given evenings for religious conversation. This word was in use many…Donne, John
(Encyclopedia) Donne, JohnDonne, Johndŭn, dŏn [key], 1572–1631, English poet and divine. He is considered the greatest of the metaphysical poets. All of Donne's verse—his love sonnets and his…Trending
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