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(Encyclopedia) Knoxville, city (1990 pop. 165,121), seat of Knox co., E Tenn., on the Tennessee River; inc. 1876. A port of entry, it is a trade and shipping center for a farm, bituminous-coal, and…Baron Munchausen: A litigated contention betw...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe The Baron arrives in Englan... The Baron harangues the com... A litigated contention betw... A litigated contention between Don Quixote, Gog, Magog, &…Brewer's: Retiarius
A gladiator who made use of a net, which he threw over his adversary. As in thronged amphitheatre of old The wary Retiarius trapped his foe. Thomson: Castle of Indolence, canto ii.…Brewer's: Hercules Secundus
Commodus, the Roman Emperor, gave himself this title. He was a gigantic idiot, of whom it is said that he killed 100 lions in the amphitheatre, and gave none of them more than one blow. He…Brewer's: Roman Remains in England
The most remarkable are the following:- The pharos, church, and trenches in Dover. Chilham Castle, Richborough, and Reculver forts. Silchester (Berkshire), Dorchester, Nisconium (Salop),…Brewer's: Goblin Cave
In Celtic called “Coir nan Uriskin ” (cove of the satyrs), in Benvenue, Scotland. “After landing on the skirts of Benvenue, we reach the cave or cove of the goblins by a steep and narrow…Brewer's: Lion
(as an agnomen). ALP ARSLAN [the Valiant Lion, son of Togrul Beg, the Perso-Turkish monarch. (Reigned 1063-1072.) ALI was called The Lion of God for his religious zeal and great courage.…Sample Outline and Essay
Below you will find a sample outline and the essay written from that outline. OUTLINE Paragraph 1 (Introduction) I. Leading sentence: "It took me eighteen years to realize what an…Denver, Colo.
Mayor: Michael B. Hancock (to July 2019) 2010 census population (rank): 600,158 (26); Male: 300,089 (50.5%); Female: 300,069…Geology of the Grand Canyon: The Temples And Towers Of The Virgen.
THE VERMILION CLIFFS.THE PERMIAN.THE TEMPLES AND TOWERS OF THE VIRGEN.At our feet the surface drops down by cliff and talus 1,200 feet upon a broad and rugged plain cut by narrow cañons. The…Trending
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