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Brewer's: Ultramontane Party
The ultra-Popish party in the Church of Rome. Ultramontane opinions or tendencies are those which favour the high “Catholic” party. Ultramontane (“beyond the Alps”) means Italy or the…Brewer's: Circe
(2 syl.). A sorceress. She lived in the island of Ææa. When Ulysses landed there, Circë turned his companions into swine, but Ulysses resisted this metamorphose by virtue of a herb called…Brewer's: Penelope
(4 syl.). The Web or Shroud of Penelope. A work “never ending, still beginning;” never done, but ever in hand. Penelopë, according to Homer, was pestered by suitors while her husband,…The Illiad: Funeral Games in Honour of Patroclus.
The Death of Hector. The Redemption of the Body of Hector. Funeral Games in Honour of Patroclus. Achilles and the Myrmidons do honour to the body of Patroclus. After the funeral feast…The Iliad of Homer: The Reconciliation of Achilles and Agamemnon
The Grief of Achilles, and New... The Battle of the Gods, and th... The Reconciliation of Achilles and Agamemnon. Thetis brings to her son the armour made by Vulcan. She preserves the…U.S. Presidents Who Were Related to Each Other
American Dynasties Technically speaking, in the United States one cannot inherit political office from their parents. But that doesn't mean there aren't dynastic families, who repeatedly win…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address Saturday, March 4, 1865 Fellow-Countrymen: AT this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential…William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, Act V
Act VScene IThe Grecian camp. Before Achilles' tentEnter Achilles and PatroclusAchillesI'll heat his blood with Greekish wine to-night, Which with my scimitar I'll cool to-morrow. Patroclus,…Telemachus Visits Nestor at Pylos - The Odyssey
Assembly of the People of Ith... The Visit to King Menelaus, W... Telemachus Visits Nestor at Pylos. but as the sun was rising from the fair sea[1] into the firmament of heaven to…Having a Ball at the Inauguration
Behind the scenes of the presidential party W.J.Clinton, Hillary, Tipper, and Al Gore on stage at the 1997 Inaugural Gala Related Links Presidential Information Presidential Election…Trending
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