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Brewer's: Duomo
(The). The cathedral. “The supreme executive of Florence suspended Savonarola from preaching in the Duomo.” —Symonds: Renuissance in Italy. Dup is do up. Thus Ophelia says, in one of her…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to Heaven
by Percy Bysshe Shelley An Ode, Written October, 1819Ode to the West WindOde to Heaven Published with "Prometheus Unbound", 1820. Dated 'Florence, December, 1819' in Harvard manuscript (…Brewer's: Graceless Florin
The first issue of the English florins, so called because the letters D.G. (“by God's grace”) were omitted for want of room. It happened that Richard Lalor Sheil, the master of the Mint,…Brewer's: Machiavellism
Political cunning and overreaching by diplomacy, according to the pernicious political principles of Niccolo del Machiavelli, of Florence, set forth in his work called The Prince. The…Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: 200-Meter Dash
1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Netherlands 24.40 1952 Marjorie Jackson, Australia 23.70 1956…Brewer's: Venus de Medicis
supposed to be the production of Cleomenes of Athens, who lived in the second century before the Christian era. In the seventeenth century it was dug up in the villa of Hadrian, near…1999-2000 Division II Football Playoffs
First Round (Nov. 20) at NW Missouri St. 20 OT North Dakota 13 at N. Colorado 34 Pittsburg St. 31 at Millersville (Pa.) 21 Shepherd 14 Indiana (Pa.) 27 OT at Slippery Rock…Brewer's: Florin
An English coin representing 2s., or the tenth of a sovereign, issued in 1849. Camden informs us that Edward III. issued gold florins worth 6s., in 1337. The word is generally supposed to…Brewer's: Furies
(The Three). Tisiphone (Goel, or Avenger of blood), Alecto (Implacable), and Megæra (Disputatious). The best paintings of these divinities are those by Il Giottino (Thomas di Stefano) of…Brewer's: Pawnbroker
The three golden balls. The Lombards were the first money-lenders in England, and those who borrowed money of them deposited some security or pawn. The Medici family, whose arms were three…Trending
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