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Walt Whitman: Salut au Monde!, Part 11
Part 11You whoever you are! You daughter or son of England! You of the mighty Slavic tribes and empires! you Russ in Russia! You dim-descended, black, divine-soul'd African, large, fine-…Brewer's: Cave-dwellers
(See page 157, col. 1, Bohemian Bretheren.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cave InCavall' A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V…Brewer's: Bahagnia
Bohemia; Bahaignons, Bohemians. (1330.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bahr GeistBaguette d'Armide A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Calixtines
(3 syl.). A religious sect of Bohemians in the fifteenth century; so called from Calix (the chalice), which they insisted should be given to the laity in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper…Brewer's: Taborites
(3 syl.). A sect of Hussites in Bohemia. So called from the fortress Tabor, about fifty miles from Prague, from which Nicholas von Hussineez, one of the founders, expelled the Imperial…Brewer's: Sclavonic
The language spoken by the Russians, Servins, Poles, Bohemians, etc.; anything belonging to the Sclavi. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ScobellumScissors to…Brewer's: Abrahamites
(4 syl.). Certain Bohemian deists, so called because they professed to believe what Abraham believed before he was circumcised. The sect was forbidden by the Emperor Joseph II in 1783.…Brewer's: Maugrabin
(Heyraddin). Brother of Zamet Maugrabin the Bohemian. He appears disguised as Rouge Sanglier, and pretends to be herald from Liege. (SirWalterScott: Quentin Durward.) Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Moravians
or Bohemian Brethren. A religious community tracing its origin from John Huss, expelled by persecution from Bohemia and Moravia in the eighteenth century. They are often called The United…Brewer's: Hussites
(2 syl.). Followers of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, in the fourteenth century. (See Bethlemenites.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HussyHussars A B…Trending
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