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Brewer's: Arcadian
A shepherd, a fancy farmer; so called because the Arcardians were a pastoral people, and hence pastoral poetry is called Arcadic. An Arcadian youth. A dunce or blockhead; so called because…Novels
(Encyclopedia) Novels: see Corpus Juris Civilis.Brewer's: Arcadian Nightingales
Asses. “April is the month of love; and the country of Chastelleraud abounds with Arcadian nightingales.” - Rabelais: Pantagruel . v. 7 (note). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,…Millet, Jean François, c.1642–1679, French landscape painter
(Encyclopedia) Millet or Milé, Jean FrançoisMillet or Milé, Jean Françoisboth: zhäN fräNswäˈ mēlāˈ [key], c.1642–1679, French landscape painter, known as Francisque, b. Antwerp. The Arcadian and…Arcadia, region of ancient Greece
(Encyclopedia) ArcadiaArcadiaärkāˈdēə [key], region of ancient Greece, in the middle of the Peloponnesus, without a seaboard, and surrounded and dissected by mountains. The Arcadians, relatively…dime novels
(Encyclopedia) dime novels, swift-moving, thrilling novels, mainly about the American Revolution, the frontier period, and the Civil War. The books were first sold in 1860 for 10 cents by the firm of…The Devil's Dictionary: Novel
by Ambrose Bierce NOUMENONNOVEMBERNOVEL -n. A short story padded. A species of composition bearing the same relation to literature that the panorama bears to art. As it is too long to be…Zákinthos
(Encyclopedia) ZákinthosZákinthoszäˈkĭnthôs [key] or ZanteZákinthoszănˈtē [key], Lat. Zacynthus, island (1991 pop. 32,556), c.157 sq mi (407 sq km), W Greece, in the Ionian Sea; one of the Ionian…Novel Experiences among the Indians
Chapter 3 Chapter 5 Novel Experiences among the Indians About this time (the nineteenth and twentieth of August), the explorers lost by death the only member of their party who…Dracula: Bram Stoker's Novel
The most blood-thirsty novel in English literature? Monster Links Halloween Tricksters and Treats Quiz: Dracula Menacing Monster Guide Quiz: Monsters Bram Stoker's 1897…