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John Donne: Expostulation XVI. Et properare meum clamant
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, I do not expostulate with thee, but with them who dare do that; who dare expostulate with thee, when in the voice of thy church thou givest allowance…Brewer's: Bosphorus
=Ox ford. The Thracian Bosphorus, or Bosporus, unites the Sea of Marmora with the Euxine (2 syl.) or Black Sea. According to Greek fable, Zeus (Jupiter) greatly loved Io, and changed her…Brewer's: Cresswell
(Madame). A woman of infamous character who bequeathed 10 for a funeral sermon, in which nothing ill should be said of her. The Duke of Buckingham wrote the sermon, which was as follows: “…Brewer's: Splay
is a contraction of display (to unfold; Latin, dis-plico A splay window is one in a V-shape, the external opening being very wide, to admit as much light as possible, but the inner opening…Brewer's: Pope Joan
Said to have succeeded Leo IV. Gibbon says, “Two Protestants, Blondel and Bayle, annihilated her;” but Mosheim seems half-inclined to believe there was such a person. The vulgar tale is…Brewer's: Pope's Tiara
(The). He calls himself (1) Head of the Catholic or Universal Church; (2) Sole Arbiter of its Rights; and (3) Sovereign Father of all the kings of the earth. From these assumptions he…Brewer's: Active
Ac′tive Active verbsVerbs which act on the noun governed. Active capitalProperty in actual employment in a given concern. Active CommerceExports and imports carried to and fro in our…Brewer's: Fiddle About
(To). To fiddle about a thing means to “play” business. To fiddle with one's fingers is to move them about as a fiddler moves his fingers up and down the fiddle-strings. “Mere trifling, or…Brewer's: Hulsean Lectures
Instituted by the Rev. John Hulse, of Cheshire, in 1777. Every year some four or six sermons are preached at Great St. Mary's, Cambridge, by what is now called the Hulsean Lecturer, who,…A More Perfect Union
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