Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of AllusionsMerriam-Webster, 1999 - 592 strán (strany) A guide to references commonly used in speech and writing. Explains more than 900 allusions. Entries include examples from todays leading media. A must for serious readers, language lovers, and ESL students. |
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... person . His next step in that direction will be a spot on " Late Night With David Letterman . " And by Victoria Irwin in the Christian Science Monitor , November 23 , 1984 : Some people think it is daring simply to live in New York ...
... person . His next step in that direction will be a spot on " Late Night With David Letterman . " And by Victoria Irwin in the Christian Science Monitor , November 23 , 1984 : Some people think it is daring simply to live in New York ...
Strana 11
... person . " The term can arouse strong feelings . In 1996 , for instance , an expert on wolves complained to the Minnesota News Council about a Minneapolis Star Tribune article which , among other things , referred to him as the " alpha ...
... person . " The term can arouse strong feelings . In 1996 , for instance , an expert on wolves complained to the Minnesota News Council about a Minneapolis Star Tribune article which , among other things , referred to him as the " alpha ...
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... person or guest deter- mined to relate a long , strange tale . The Ancient Mariner was the narra- tor and central character of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ( 1798 ) . Thin , gray - bearded , and with a ...
... person or guest deter- mined to relate a long , strange tale . The Ancient Mariner was the narra- tor and central character of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ( 1798 ) . Thin , gray - bearded , and with a ...
Strana 21
... sense , is a terrifying person or entity . The term in use , quoted by Jon Scher in Sports Illustrated , April 23 , 1997 , describing six - foot - seven hockey star Mario Lemieux : antihero Says the Detroit Red Wings ' Tim Cheveldae ,
... sense , is a terrifying person or entity . The term in use , quoted by Jon Scher in Sports Illustrated , April 23 , 1997 , describing six - foot - seven hockey star Mario Lemieux : antihero Says the Detroit Red Wings ' Tim Cheveldae ,
Strana 32
... person in a position of authority and an intolerant dictatorial authority . The word is Persian for " miracle . " Ayatollahs serve as spiritual coun- selors and guides . In the United States and Europe , the word became famil- iar in ...
... person in a position of authority and an intolerant dictatorial authority . The word is Persian for " miracle . " Ayatollahs serve as spiritual coun- selors and guides . In the United States and Europe , the word became famil- iar in ...
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Strana 553 - To this war of every man, against every man, this also is consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice, have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law: where no law, no injustice.
Strana 390 - Because you do not believe that all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.
Strana 486 - By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When...
Strana 248 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
Strana 85 - And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper ? And he said, What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Strana 89 - The tumult and the shouting dies; The Captains and the Kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget— lest we forget!
Strana 77 - If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
Strana 109 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea like a man's hand.
Strana 553 - Hereby it is manifest, that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war, and such a war as is of every man against every man.