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Bolaño, Roberto
(Encyclopedia) Bolaño, RobertoBolaño, Robertobōlänˈyō [key], 1953–2003, Chilean novelist widely regarded as the most influential Spanish-language writer of his generation. He led a peripatetic life,…Anatomy and
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Synapses have all the fun. The axons and dendrites…Brewer's: Agony
Ag′ony properly means contention in the athletic games; and to agonise is the act of contending. (Greek, agon, a game of contest, as well as a “place of assembly”). Agony, meaning “great…Anne Bradstreet: The Vanity of All Worldly Things
The Vanity of All Worldly Things As he said vanity, so vain say I, Oh! Vanity, O vain all under sky; Where is the man can say, "Lo, I have found On brittle earth a consolation sound"?…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, June 27, 1806
Day 1478 Day 1480 Clark, June 27, 1806 Friday June 27th 1806 We collected our horses early and Set out. the road Still Continue on the hights of the Dividing ridge on which we had traveled…Svetasvatara Upanishad: Second Adhyâya
1. Savitri (the sun), having first collected his mind and expanded his thoughts, brought Agni (fire), when he had discovered his light, above the earth. 2. With collected minds we are at the…Sara Teasedale: Sappho II
Sappho IIOh Litis, little slave, why will you sleep? These long Egyptian noons bend down your head Bowed like the yarrow with a yellow bee. There, lift your eyes no man has ever kindled, Dark…Brewer's: Nag, Nagging
Constant fault-finding. (Anglo-Saxon, gnag-an, to gnaw, bite.) We call a slight but constant pain, like a tooth-ache, a nagging pain. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Eye-sore
Something that is offensive to the sight. Sore is the Anglo-Saxon sar (painful) or swær (grievous). It is painful or grievous to the eye. “Mordecai was an eye-sore to Haman.” - D'…Brewer's: Bill of Lading
A document signed by the master of a ship in acknowledgment of goods laden in his vessel. In this document he binds himself to deliver the articles in good condition to the persons named…Trending
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