Each of these 18 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
a town of Italy, on a hill, 40 miles E. S. E. of Rome. The an old seat of a bishop since 487, it has , but much modernized cathedral, and was the birthplace of four popes-Innocent III., Gregory IX., Alexander IV., and city of the Boniface VIII. The chief Hernici, it was a place of importance during the whole period of Roman history. Vergil calls it "wealthy Anagnia." Pop. about 10,000.
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a transposition of the letters of a word, phrase, or sentence, so as to give a new meaning. Thus, by way of anagram, woe may be derived from owe; Galenus may be changed to angelus; Florence Nightingale to "Flit on, cheering angel"; Sir Robert Peel to "terrible poser"; French Revolution to "Violence, run forth"; James Stuart to "A just master," etc. See Palindrome
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city of California, in S. E. of Los Orange co., about 27 miles Angeles. It is on the Southern Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé railroads. The center of an important growing country, it has also imfruitportant trade interests in oil, oranges, Pop. (1910) farm and dairy products. 5,526. 2,628; (1920)
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An obscure demon, bearer of ill news. He was worshipped at Sepharvaün, a town of the Assyrians. He always reveals himself in the figure of a quail. His name, we are told, signifies a "good king," and some authorities declare that this demon is the moon, as Andramelech is the sun.
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Leonardus describes this as "a necromantic stone, whose virtue is to call up evil spirits and ghosts." Anania, or Agnany ( Jean d'): A lawyer of the fifteenth century, who wrote four books, entitled, De Naturà Dæmonum, (On the Nature of Demons), and a treatise on Magic and Witchcraft , neither of which works are well known. He died in Italy in 1458.
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an-an-i'as, in Bible history, a Jewish Christian at Jerusalem, who, with his wife, Sapphira, was struck dead for misrepresenting the amount of their gifts to the Apostle Peter, Acts v: 1-11.
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A Kabbalistic word made up from the initial letters of the prayer: Antidotum Nazareni Auferat Necene Intoxicationis; Sanctificet Alimenta, Poculaque Trinitas Alma. When written on virgin parchment, it is a powerful talisman to protect against disease.
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an important seaport and fortified town in Russian Circassia, on the Black Sea, a station of the Russian navy.
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One of the demons charged with the guardianship of subterranean treasure, which he carries about from one place to another, to hide them from men. It is he who, with his companions Gaziel and Fécor, shakes the foundations of houses, raises the tempests, rings the bells at midnight, causes spectres to appear, and inspires a thousand terrors.
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a noted English work by Robert Burton, published in 1621. There are three parts: 1. The causes and symptoms of melancholy. 2. Its cure. 3. Erotic and religious melancholy. This book is the very curious life work of a visionary, and somewhat humorous, bookworm. It is "an enormous medley of ideas, musical, medical, practical, poetical, mathematical, philosophical; every page garnished with Latin, Greek, or French, from rare and unknown authors." The Anatomy of Melancholy has been republished and abridged many times. At the present day it is little read, but frequently quoted. See Burton QUOTATIONS. Naught so sweet as melancholy. Rob Peter, and pay Paul. Penny wise, pound foolish. Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop. What can't be cured must be endured. Matches are made in heaven. Make a virtue of necessity.
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A girl of Salamis , who so arrogantly rejected the addresses of Iphis, a youth of ignoble birth, that he hanged himself at her door. She saw the spectacle without emotion, and was changed into stone. Mr. Wiffen makes allusion to the circumstance in his translation of Garcilasso de la Vega: "Else tremble at the fate forlorn Of Anaxarete, who spurn'd The weeping Iphis from her gate; Who, scoffing long, relenting late, Was to a statue turn'd."
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a Greek philosopher. Born 611 B. C. Anaximander is celebrated for a work On Nature. His theory is interesting. He holds that the elementary contraries, warmth and cold, moisture and dryness, are derived from elementary principles unknown in quality and limitless in quantity. Through motions and condensations innumerable worlds have sprung into existence, in the center of which the earth, a cylinder in form, remains motionless, while all the other heavenly bodies revolve about it. According to this philosopher the earth was originally entirely fluid. As the water dried up, fishes made their appearance, and as part of the earth dried up, some of the fishes became land animals. See Ptolemy ; Darwin
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a department of Peru, bounded N. by the ded N. by the department is eaten, tastes like that of the mango, of Libertad, S. by that of Lima, and extending from the Pacific eastward to the headwaters of the Amazon. Area, 16,562 square miles; pop. about 500,000. It is rich in minerals, and is traversed by a railway. Capital, Huaraz.
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a fossil mammal belonging to the family palæotheridæ. It has been called also hipparitherium, suggesting affinity to the horse in the neighboring family of equidæ.
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the English name of the genus grias. Grias cauliflora, the stem-flowering anchovy pear, is an elegant tree, with large leaves, which grows in the West Indies. The fruit, which
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the coalescence of two bones, so as to prevent motion between them. If anything keep a joint motionless for a long time, the bones which constitute it have a tendency to become anchylosed, in which case all flexibility is lost.
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The Rime of the, a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published in 1798. It is Coleridge's masterpiece and is probably the finest specimen of artistic ballad poetry in the language. See Coleridge
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a fraternal, benevolent organization. The parent lodge was formed at Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1868. The fundamental idea of the order is mutual helpfulness. Life insurance , conducted on the assessment plan, is an important feature. The family of the deceased member receives up to $2,000 a year. There are (1909) about 5,000 lodges and one-third of a million members. The order has paid out about $150,000,000 in benefits. The lodges are grouped into grand lodges, which, in turn, are governed by a supreme lodge, the entire organization being representative in its makeup. Each state has its own grand lodge.
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