The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts, Volume 1William Rose Benét |
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... called by Aristophanes . Celestial City . See under CELestial . Cream City . Milwaukee is sometimes so called from its numerous cream - colored brick houses . Crescent City . New Orleans , from its loca- tion on the curving Mississippi ...
... called by Aristophanes . Celestial City . See under CELestial . Cream City . Milwaukee is sometimes so called from its numerous cream - colored brick houses . Crescent City . New Orleans , from its loca- tion on the curving Mississippi ...
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... called because he had bark mixed with bread in time of famine . King of Bath . Richard Nash ( 1674-1761 ) , generally called Beau Nash , a celebrated mas- ter of the ceremonies at Bath for fifty - six years . He was ultimately ruined by ...
... called because he had bark mixed with bread in time of famine . King of Bath . Richard Nash ( 1674-1761 ) , generally called Beau Nash , a celebrated mas- ter of the ceremonies at Bath for fifty - six years . He was ultimately ruined by ...
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... called from its everglades or tracts of marshy flat land . Excelsior State . New York is so called from its motto Excelsior . Federal States . The name given to those northern states which combined to resist the eleven southern or ...
... called from its everglades or tracts of marshy flat land . Excelsior State . New York is so called from its motto Excelsior . Federal States . The name given to those northern states which combined to resist the eleven southern or ...
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