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Brewer's: Die
The die is cast. The step is taken, and I cannot draw back. So said Julius Caesar when he crossed the Rubicon. I have set my life upon the cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.…Brewer's: Epicuros
(Latin form, Epicurus.) The Greek philosopher who founded the Epicurean school. His axiom was that “happiness or enjoyment is the summum bonum of life.” His disciples corrupted his…Brewer's: Harris
Mrs. Harris. An hypothetical lady, to whom Sarah Gamp referred for the corroboration of all her statements, and the bank on which she might draw to any extent for self-praise. (Dickens:…Brewer's: Hesychasts
(pron. He'-se-kasts). The “Quietists” of the East in the fourteenth century. The placed perfection in contemplation. (Greek, hesuchia, quiet.) (See Gibbon, Roman Empire, lxiii.) Milton…World Series 2008 by the Numbers
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Related Links Record of World Series Games World Series Club Standings World Series Single Game and Single Series Records Our National Pastime 30…Katha-Upanishad: Fifth Valli
Fifth Valli 1. “There is a town with eleven gates belonging to the Unborn (Brahman), whose thoughts are never crooked. He who approaches it, grieves no more, and liberated (from all…John Keats: Part 1
by John Keats Part 2Part 1 Upon a time, before the faery broods Drove Nymph and Satyr from the prosperous woods, Before King Oberon's bright diadem, Sceptre, and mantle, clasp'd with dewy…The Illiad: The Battle in the River Scamander.
The Battle of the Gods, and th... The Death of Hector. The Battle in the River Scamander. The Trojans fly before Achilles, some towards the town, others to the river Scamander; he…John Keats: Ode to a Nightingale
by John Keats Ode on a Grecian UrnOde to a Nightingale My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the…Maitrayana-Brahmaya-Upanishad: Fourth Prapathaka
Fourth Prapathaka1. The Valakhilyas, whose passions were subdued, approached him full of amazement and said: “O Saint, we bow before thee; teach thou, for thou art the way, and there is no…Trending
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