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Candide: In What Distress Candide, Cunegund, and the Old Woman Arrive at Cadiz, and Of Their Embarkation
What Happened to Cunegund, Ca... The History of the Old Woman In What Distress Candide, Cunegund, and the Old Woman Arrive at Cadiz, and Of Their Embarkation Who could it be that…William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 1), Act IV, Scene II
Scene IIBefore BourdeauxEnter Talbot, with trump and drumTalbotGo to the gates of Bourdeaux, trumpeter: Summon their general unto the wall.Trumpet sounds. Enter General and others,…William Shakespeare: Richard III, Act V, Scene V
Scene VAnother part of the fieldAlarum. Enter King Richard III and Richmond; they fight. King Richard III is slain. Retreat and flourish. Re-enter Richmond, Derby bearing the crown, with…Brewer's: Grail
(The Holy). In French, San Graal. This must not be confounded with the san-greal or sang-real, for the two are totally distinct. The “Grail” is either the paten or dish which held the…Brewer's: Defender of the Faith
A title given by Pope Leo X. to Henry VIII. of England, in 1521, for a Latin treatise On the Seven Sacraments. Many previous kings, and even subjects, had been termed “defenders of the…Brewer's: Swaddler
A contemptuous synonym for Protestant used by the Roman Catholics. Cardinal Cullen, in 1869, gave notice that he would deprive of the sacrament all parents who sent their children to be…The Devil's Dictionary: S
by Ambrose Bierce RTSSABBATHSACERDOTALISTSACRAMENTSACREDSANDLOTTERSAFETY-CLUTCHSAINTSALACITYSALAMANDERSARCOPHAGUSSATANSATIETYSATIRESATYRSAUCESAWSCARABAEUSSCARABEESCARIFICATIONSCEPTERSCIMETARSCRAP-…Brewer's: Intercalary
(Latin). Inserted between or amongst others. Thus, an intercalary day is a day foisted in between two others, as the 29th February in leap-year. (See Calends.) “It was the custom with…Brewer's: Excommunication
(1) The greater is exclusion of an individual from the seven sacraments, from every legitimate act, and from all intercourse with the faithful. (2) The lesser excommunication is…John Donne: Expostulation XII. Spirante columba
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, as thy servant James, when he asks that question, “What is your life?” provides me my answer, “It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time,…Trending
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