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Brewer's: Kremlin

(The). A gigantic pile of buildings in Moscow of every style of architecture: Arabesque palaces, Gothic forts, Greek temples, Italian steeples, Chinese pavilions, and Cyclopean walls. It…

Brewer's: Cock-crow

The Hebrews divided the night into four watches: 1, The “beginning of the watches” or “even” (Lam. ii. 19); 2, “The middle watch” or “midnight” (Judg. vii. 19); 3, “The cock-crowing;” 4, “…

Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): Life

by EmilyDickinsonPrefaceLoveLifeReal RichesSuperiority to FateHopeForbidden Fruit (I)Forbidden Fruit (II)A WordVIILife's TradesIXXXIA SyllablePartingAspirationThe InevitableA BookXVIIA PortraitI Had…

Brewer's: Bow

(to rhyme with flow ). (Anglo-Saxon, boga; verb, bogan or bugan, to arch.) Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. Have everything ready before you begin. He has a famous bow up at…

Brewer's: Call

(A ). A “divine” summons or invitation, as “a call to the ministry.” A call before the curtain. An applause inviting a favourite actor to appear before the curtain, and make his bow to…

Brewer's: Fly

(plural flys). A hackney coach, a cab. A contraction of Fly-by-night, as sedan chairs on wheels used to be called in the regency. These “Fly-by-nights,” patronised greatly by George,…

The Koran/Sura XXXII — Adoration

Sura XXXII — AdorationMecca — 30 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. ELIF. LAM. MIM.[512] This Book is without a doubt a Revelation sent down from the Lord of the…

Ancient Egypt: Rulers

Amenemhet I, king of ancient Egypt, founder of the XII dynasty (2000–1970 B.C.)Sesostris I, king of ancient Egypt, second ruler of the XII dynasty (1980–1926 B.C.)Amasis I, king of ancient…

Brewer's: Keys

(See St. Sitha) Keys of stables and cowhouses have not unfrequently, even at the present day, a stone with a hole through it and a piece of horn attached to the handle. This is a relic…