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Talavakara-Upanishad: Second Khanda

Second Khanda1. The Teacher says: “If thou thinkest I know it well, then thou knowest surely but little, what is that form of Brahman known, it may be, to thee?”2. The Pupil says: “I do not…

Kaushitaki-Upanishad: Third Adhyâya

Third Adhyâya 1. Pratardana, forsooth, the son of Divodasa (king of Kasi), came by means of fighting and strength to the beloved abode of Indra. Indra said to him “Pratardana, let me give you…

Hazlitt, William

(Encyclopedia) Hazlitt, William, 1778–1830, English essayist. The son of a reform-mindeed Unitarian minister, he abandoned the idea of entering the clergy and took up painting, philosophy, and later…

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia) Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st BaronTennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Barontĕnˈĭsən, 1809–92, English poet. The most famous poet of the Victorian age, he was a profound spokesman for the…

scarab beetle

(Encyclopedia) scarab beetle or scarab, name for members of a large family of heavy-bodied, oval beetles (the Scarabaeidae), with about 30,000 species distributed throughout most of the world and…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Homer's Hymn to the Moon

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Homer's Hymn to Castor and PolluxHomer's Hymn to the SunHomer's Hymn to the Moon Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 2nd edition; dated 1818.…