The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts, Volume 1William Rose Benét |
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Page 259
... given places . I must pluck a crow with you ; I have a crow to pick with you . I am displeased with you , and must call you to account . I have a small complaint to make against you . crow over one . To exult over a vanquished or abased ...
... given places . I must pluck a crow with you ; I have a crow to pick with you . I am displeased with you , and must call you to account . I have a small complaint to make against you . crow over one . To exult over a vanquished or abased ...
Page 573
... given him by the Abbé de Pradt . SCAPIN is a valet famous for his knavish tricks , in Molière's comedy of Les Fourberies de Sca- pin . Jupiter tonans ( the thundering Jupiter ) . A complimentary nickname given to the London Times in the ...
... given him by the Abbé de Pradt . SCAPIN is a valet famous for his knavish tricks , in Molière's comedy of Les Fourberies de Sca- pin . Jupiter tonans ( the thundering Jupiter ) . A complimentary nickname given to the London Times in the ...
Page 591
... given to those Greeks who , after the conquest of their country by the Turks in the 15th century , re- fused to submit and maintained their inde- pendence in the mountains . They degenerated -especially after the War of Independence ...
... given to those Greeks who , after the conquest of their country by the Turks in the 15th century , re- fused to submit and maintained their inde- pendence in the mountains . They degenerated -especially after the War of Independence ...
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