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Merchant of Venice

Merchant of Venice Shylock, the Jew, lived at Venice. He was a usurer who had amassed an immense fortune by lending money at great interest to Christian merchants. Shylock, being a hard-…

The Koran/Sura XXX — The Greeks

Sura XXX — The GreeksMecca — 60 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ELIF. LAM. MIM.[565] THE GREEKS have been defeated[566] In a land hard by: But after their defeat…

Luke: 19

Luke Chapter 19 1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. 3 And…

Matthew: 25

Matthew Chapter 25 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Queen Mab Book 4

by Percy Bysshe Shelley 3 5 4 'How beautiful this night! the balmiest sigh, Which vernal zephyrs breathe in evening's ear, Were discord to the speaking quietude That wraps this moveless scene…

Brewer's: Devil

Represented with a cloven foot, because by the Rabbinical writers he is called seirissim (a goat). As the goat is a type of uncleanness, the prince of unclean spirits is aptly represented…

Muhammad, prophet of Islam

(Encyclopedia) MuhammadMuhammadməhămˈəd [Arab.,=praised], 570?–632, the name of the Prophet of Islam, one of the great figures of history, b. Mecca. The traditions concerning Muhammad's life,…

The Koran/Sura IV — Women

Sura IV — Women[1071] Medina — 175 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful O MEN! fear your Lord, who hath created you of one man (nafs, soul), and of him created his…