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Brewer's: Leontes
(3 syl.), King of Sicilia, invited his friend Polixenes, King of Bohemia, to pay him a visit, and being seized with jealousy, ordered Camillo to poison him. Camillo told Polixenes of the…Brewer's: Assay
or Essay. To take the assay is to taste wine to prove it is not poisoned. Hence, to try, to taste; a savour, trial, or sample. Holinshed says, “Wolsey made dukes and earls serve him of…Brewer's: Pendragon
A title conferred on several British chiefs in times of great danger, when they were invested with dictatorial power: thus Uter and Arthur were each appointed to the office to repel the…Brewer's: Rosamond
(Fair). Higden, monk of Chester, says: “She was the fayre daughter of Walter, Lord Clifford, concubine of Henry II., and poisoned by Queen Elianor, A.D. 1177. Henry made for her a house of…The World's Worst Pollution Problems, 2012
According to the Blacksmith Institute, "this report gives an overview of the range of pollution threats humans face throughout the world." Each…James: 3
James Chapter 3 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Cenci Scene 5.2:
by Percy Bysshe Shelley SCENE 5.1: SCENE 5.3: SCENE 5.2: A HALL OF JUSTICE. CAMILLO, JUDGES, ETC., ARE DISCOVERED SEATED; MARZIO IS LED IN. FIRST JUDGE: Accused, do you persist in your…Deuteronomy: 32
Deuteronomy Chapter 32 1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the…mercury, chemical element
(Encyclopedia) mercury or quicksilver [from the Roman god Mercury], metallic chemical element; symbol Hg [Lat. hydrargyrum=liquid silver]; at. no. 80; at. wt. 200.59; m.p. −38.842℃; b.p. 356.58℃; sp…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, March 28, 1806
Day 1288 Day 1290 Lewis, March 28, 1806 Friday March 28th 1806. This morning we set out very early and at 9 A.M. arrived at the old Indian Village on Lard side of Deer Island where we found…Trending
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