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Homework Topics English | Geography | History | Math | Science | Social Studies English Literature Middle English Literature Anglo-Saxon Literature Literary Forms The Novel Short…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Peter Bell, Dedication
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Prologue Dedication To Thomas Brown, Esq., the Younger, H.F. Dear Tom, Allow me to request you to introduce Mr. Peter Bell to the respectable family of the Fudges.…Brewer's: Edenburgh
i.e. Edwin's burgh. The fort built by Edwin, king of Northumbria (616-633). Dun Eden or Dunedin, is a Saxon form; Edina a poetical one. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Petrarch
The English Petrarch. Sir Philip Sidney; so called by Sir Walter Raleigh. Cowper styles him “the warbler of poetic prose.” (1554-1586.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Lindor
A poetic swain of the Corydon type, a lover en bergère. “Do not, for heaven's sake, bring down Corydon and Lindor upon us.” —SirWalterScott. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Scotia
Now applied poetically to Scotland, but at one time Ireland was so called. Hence Claudius says - When Scots came thundering from the Irish shores, And ocean trembled, struck with hostile…Brewer's: Trilogy
A group of three tragedies. Everyone in Greece who took part in the poetic contest had to produce a trilogy and a satyric drama. We have only one specimen, and that is by Æschylos,…Brewer's: Macon
Mahomet, Mahoun, or Mahound. “Praised (quoth he) be Macon whom we serve.” Fairfax: Tasso, xii. 10. Macon. A poetical and romance name of Mecca, the birthplace of Mahomet. Source:…Brewer's: Celia
or Cælia. A common poetical name for a lady or lady-love. Thus, Swift had an ode in which Strephon describes Cælia's dressing-room. Five hours, and who can do it less in By haughty Cælia…Brewer's: Aonian
Poetical, pertaining to the Muses. The Muses, according to Grecian mythology, dwelt in Aonia, that part of Boetia which contains Mount Helicon and the Muses' Fountain. Thomson calls the…Trending
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