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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Pharian Fields

Egypt. So called from Pharos, an island on the coast, noted for its lighthouse.

“And passed from Pharian fields to Caussu land.”

Milton: Psalm cxiv.

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