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Amado, Jorge

(Encyclopedia) Amado, JorgeAmado, Jorgezhôrˈzhĭ əmäˈd&oobreve; [key], 1912–2001, Brazilian novelist. Amado's works deal largely with the poor urban black and mulatto communities of Bahia. His…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Miracle

The MiracleI have trod this path a hundred times With idle footsteps, crooning rhymes. I know each nest and web-worm's tent, The fox-hole which the woodchucks rent, Maple and oak, the old…

Brewer's: Tent

Father of such as dwell in tents. Jabal. (Genesis iv. 20.) Tent (Skidbladnir's) would cover a whole army, and yet fold up into a parcel not too big for the pocket. (Arabian Nights…

miracle

(Encyclopedia) miracle, preternatural occurrence that is viewed as the expression of a divine will. Its awe and wonder lie in the fact that the cause is hidden. The idea of the miracle occurs…

tent caterpillar

(Encyclopedia) tent caterpillar, common name for the larvae of the members of a family of moths (Lasiocampidae), easily recognized by the large silk tents, or webs, that the larvae construct during…

oxygen tent

(Encyclopedia) oxygen tent, device used to maintain a patient in an oxygen-rich environment. The oxygen tent is composed of a clear plastic sheet suspended over the bed and tucked beneath the…

Brewer's: Miracles

(Latin, miraculum). Vespasian, the Roman emperor, is said to have cured a blind man and a cripple by his touch during his stay in Alexandria. Mahomet's miracles. He took a scroll of the…

The Third Miracle

Director:Agnieszka HollandWriter:John RomanoSony Pictures Classics; R; 119 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Ed Harris, Anne Heche, Armin Mueller-Stahl Ed Harris's solid confidence works wonders for…

Brewer's: Kedar's Tents

This world. Kedar was Arabia Deserta, and the phrase Kedar's tents means houses in the wilderness of this world. Ah me! ah me! that In Kedar's tents here stay; No place like that on high;…

tent

(Encyclopedia) tent, portable shelter of canvas, skins, felt, matting, or other material usually supported by poles and used chiefly by nomads, hunters, and campers. Tents have been used by pastoral…