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Brewer's: Maro
Virgil, whose name was Publius Virgilius Maro, was born on the banks of the river Mincio, at the village of Andes, near Mantua. (B.C. 70-19.) Sweet Maro's muse, sunk in inglorious rest,…Brewer's: Marsyas
The Phrygian flute-player who châllenged Apollo to a contest of skill, and, being beaten by the god, was flayed alive for his presumption. From his blood arose the river so called. The…Brewer's: Canoe'
(2 syl.). A boat. (Spanish, canóa, a canoe; Dutch, cano; German, kahn, a boat; Old French, cane, a ship, and canot, a boat; Latin, canna, a hollow stem or reed; our cane, can = a jug;…Brewer's: Cicuta
In Latin cicuta means the length of a reed up to the knot, such as the internodes made into a Pan-pipe. Hence Virgil ( Ecl. ii. 36) describes a Pan-pipe as “septem compacta cicutis fistula…2000 Mets vs Yankees Score by Innings
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E Mets 0 3 2 0 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 0 – 16 40 5 Yankees 3 3…Brewer's: Papyra
The goddess of printing; so called from papyrus, the Nile-reed, from which at one time paper was made, and from which it borrows its name. Till to astonished realms Papyra taught To paint…Brewer's: Wick, Wicked
and in French Méche, Méchant. That the two English words and the two French words should have similar resemblances and similar meanings is a remarkable…Aitareya-Aranyaka: First Aranyaka, Second Adhyâya, Fourth Khanda
Fourth Khanda 1. Some say: “Let the swing be one ell (aratni) above the ground, for by that measure verily the Svarga worlds are measured.” That is not to be regarded.2. Others say: “Let it…R - T
Bobby RahalJack RamsayBill RassmussenWillis ReedPee Wee ReeseMary Lou RettonButch ReynoldsManon RheaumeGrantland RiceJerry RiceHenri RichardMaurice RichardBob RichardsNolan RichardsonTex…Pulitzer Prizes: News Photography
Winners from 1942 to present 1942 Milton Brooks (Detroit News) 1943 Frank…Trending
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