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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Helvetia

Switzerland. So called from the Helvetii, a powerful Celtic people who dwelt thereabouts.

See from the ashes of Helvetia's pile
The whitened skull of old Servetus smile.

Holmes.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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