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Florence Wilkinson: The Heart's Country
The Heart's CountryFlorence WilkinsonHill people turn to their hills; Sea-folk are sick for the sea: Thou art my land and my country, And my heart calls out for thee.The bird beats his…The Celtic Twilight: An Enduring Heart
by W. B. Yeats A Knight of the SheepThe SorcerersAn Enduring Heart One day a friend of mine was making a sketch of my Knight of the Sheep. The old man's daughter was sitting by, and, when…Anatomy and
Physiology: Anatomy of the Heart
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PhysiologyThe HeartAnatomy of the HeartThe Four ChambersThe Heart's Own BloodECG: Measuring a Beat
The four-chambered heart is the result of millions of years of…John Donne: The Broken Heart
The Broken HeartHe is stark mad, whoever says, That he hath been in love an hour, Yet not that love so soon decays, But that it can ten in less space devour; Who will believe me,…Lewis & Clark: A the Heart of the Continent
by NoahBrooks To the Great Falls of the MissouriAt the Sources of the MissouriA the Heart of the Continent Captain Clark continued his observations up the long series of…Brewer's: Heart in his Boots
His heart fell into his hose or sank into his boots. In Latin, “Cor illi in genua decidit. ” In French, “Avoir la peur au ventre. ” The two last phrases are very expressive: Fear makes the…Brewer's: Heart in his Mouth
His heart was in his mouth. That choky feeling in the throat which arises from fear, conscious guilt, shyness, etc. “The young lover tried to look at his ease, ... but his heart was in his…Brewer's: Knight of the Bleeding Heart
The Bleeding Heart was one of the many semi-religious orders instituted in the Middle Ages in honour of the Virgin Mary, whose “heart was pierced with many sorrows.” “When he was at…Brewer's: Lady of the Bleeding Heart
Ellen Douglas; so called from the cognisance of the family. (Sir Walter Scott: Lady of the Lake, ii. 10.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lady of the…Brewer's: Uncircumcised in Heart and Ears
(Acts vii. 51). Obstinately deaf and wilfully obdurate to the preaching of the apostle. Heathenish, and perversely so. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Trending
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