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Brewer's: Whom the Gods Love Die Young

[Herodotos]. Cited in Don Juan, canto iv. 12 (death of Haidee). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Wick, WickedWhole Gale…

The Koran/Sura XIV — Abraham, On Whom Be Peace

Sura XIV — Abraham, On Whom Be PeaceMecca — 52 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ELIF. LAM. RA. This Book have we sent down to thee that by their Lord's permission…

Shaemas O Sheel: He whom a Dream hath possessed

He whom a Dream hath possessedShaemas O SheelHe whom a dream hath possessed knoweth no more of doubting, For mist and the blowing of winds and the mouthing of words he scorns; Not the sinuous…

Ammon, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) AmmonAmmonămˈən [key], in the Bible, people living E of the Dead Sea. Their capital was Rabbath-Ammon, the present-day Amman (Jordan). Their god was Milcom, to whom Solomon built an…

Whipple, Henry Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Whipple, Henry Benjamin, 1822–1901, American Episcopal bishop, b. Adams, N.Y. He was ordained a priest in 1850, and in 1859 he was consecrated the first bishop of Minnesota. With James…

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

(Encyclopedia) Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, a fundamental document of French constitutional history, drafted by Emmanuel Sieyès, adopted by the Constituent Assembly on Aug. 26, 1789…

Mazo, Juan Bautista Martínez del

(Encyclopedia) Mazo, Juan Bautista Martínez delMazo, Juan Bautista Martínez delhwän boutēsˈtä märtēˈnĕth dĕl mäˈthō [key], c.1612–1667, Spanish portrait and landscape painter. He was the pupil and…