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Brewer's: River Flowing from the Ocean Inland
The stream from the Bay of Tadjoura, on the north-east coast of Africa. It empties itself into Lake Assal. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RiversRiver of…Brewer's: Salsabil
A fountain in Paradise. (Al Koran, xxvi.) “Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. A houri had rolled a cloud under his head, and he was snoring serenely near the fountain of…Brewer's: Paraclete
The advocate; one called to aid or support another. (The word paraclete is from the Greek para-kaleo, to call to; and advocate is from the Latin ad-voco, the same thing.) Source:…Brewer's: Parysatis
Wife of Darius Nothos. (A corruption of Peri 'Zadcher [fairy bird-of-Paradise], sometimes called Azadcher [bird-of-Paradise].) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Mezzoramia
An earthly paradise somewhere in Africa, but accessible by only one narrow road. Gaudentio di Lucca discovered this secret road, and resided in this paradise for twenty-five years. (Simon…Brewer's: Flower of the Levant
Zante, noted for its beauty and fertility. “Zanté! Zanté, flos di Levanti.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Flowers and TreesFlower of Paradise A B C D E…Brewer's: Foolscap
A corruption of the Italian foglio-capo (folio-sized sheet). The error must have been very ancient, as the water-mark of this sort of paper from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century…Brewer's: Golden Slipper
(The), in Negro melodies, like “golden streets,” etc., symbolises the joys of the land of the leal; and to wear the golden slipper means to enter into the joys of Paradise. The golden…Brewer's: Kaswa
(Al). Mahomet's favourite camel, which fell on its knees in adoration when “the prophet” delivered the last clause of the Koran to the assembled multitude at Mecca. This is one of the dumb…The Garden
The Garden How vainly men themselves amaze To win the Palm, the Oke, or Bayes; And their uncessant Labours see Crown'd from some single Herb or Tree, Whose short and narrow verged Shade Does…Trending
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