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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1906 Excerpt: ... GLOSSARY or WORDS, PHRASES, AND ALLUSIONS A Bye, suffer for Accolade, the light touch made with the sword on the shoulder of one who is knighted Arrits, an evil demon in Mahommedan mythology Aiouillrttb, lace tag Aldumazah. a famous Arabian astronomer, born in Persia near close of 8th century A. n., wrote Flore Atrologici (Augsburg, 1488), and other works on astrology Alicant, Spanish wine An As, or Allen, Thomas, mathematician (1542-1632), regarded by the vulgar as a magician At.m A.1NS. Germans Alter Roo, second self Amorrt, the beau-ideal of female beauty in the Faerie Queeney Bk. ill. Amstrrdam, a Reat Scholar Op. Erasmus was a native, not of Amsterdam, but of Rotterdam Anas, I beg your pardon? preseutly ANorl, gold coin = 10s. in Elizabeth's reign Another-ourss, another sort of, kind of Airncly, grotesquely Arcanum, the great secret of the conversion of base metals into gold Argrnt, silver Arion, ancient Greek poet, who, when driven into the sea by envious sailors, was carried to land on a dolphin's back Arrow, e'er a, ever a VOL. XII--30 Ascapart, a giant overcome by Sir Bevis of Hampton (Southampton) Ascham, Roger, tutor to Elizabeth, and royal secretary to Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth Aspic, the asp Astea Rigunt, etc. (p. 213), The stars rule men, but God rules the stars A-towllno, a tolling Autolycus, a crafty pedlar in The Winter's Tale Ave Maria, Ora Pro Noris, Hail, Mary, pray for us A Vised Op, aware of Barirs, To Look, small images of oneself reflected in the eyes of another B.AILLIB, HARRY, OP THE TA Reard, mine host of the Tabbard Inn in Southwark, where Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims assembled Bartholomrw Fair, held at West Smitbfield, London, on 24th August (3d September from 1753), a great cloth market and pleasure fair, illustrated in ...
