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Brewer's: Paradise Regained

(in four books). The subject is the Temptation. Eve, being tempted, fell, and lost Paradise; Jesus, being tempted, resisted, and regained Paradise. (Milton.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…

Brewer's: Paradise Shoots

The lign aloe; said to be the only plant descended to us from the Garden of Eden. When Adam left Paradise, it is said, he took with him a shoot of this tree, which he planted in the land…

Brewer's: Paradise Lost

Satan rouses the panic-stricken host of fallen angels to tell them about a rumour current in Heaven of a new world about to be created. He calls a council to deliberate what should be done…

bird of paradise

(Encyclopedia) bird of paradise, common name for any of 43 species of medium- to crow-sized passerine birds of New Guinea and the adjacent islands, known for the bright plumage, elongated tail…

Brewer's: Paradise

The Greeks used this word to denote the extensive parks and pleasure-grounds of the Persian kings. “An old word, `paradise,' which the Hebrews had borrowed from the Persians, and which at…

Paradise Lost

John MiltonContentsBook IBook IIBook IIIBook IVBook VBook VIBook VIIBook VIIIBook IXBook X Book I

Paradise Road

Director/Writer: Bruce BeresfordDirector of Photography:Peter JamesEditor:Timothy WellburnProduction Designer:Herbert PinterProducers:Sue Milliken and Greg CooteFox Searchlight; R; 110…

Paradise (Book)

Author:Toni MorrisonPublisher:Knopf After Toni Morrison's first public reading of Paradise, a woman rose from the pews of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church and said: “I want to thank you. I…

Return to Paradise

Director: Joseph Ruben Writers: Wesley Strick and Bruce Robinson Polygram Filmed Entertainment; R; 109 minutes Release: 8/98 Cast: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix…

labyrinth fish

(Encyclopedia) labyrinth fish: see betta; climbing perch; gourami; paradise fish.