These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Anaxarete, Anaximander of Miletus, Ancachs.
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 2026 Editor's Note: Anaximander is now hailed as a founder of science: he drew the first map of the known world, proposed that the earth floats unsupported in space, and guessed that life began in water and that humans descended from fish-like creatures — a startling foreshadowing of evolution 2,400 years early. (Ed: BR 2026-06-28)
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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 2026 Editor's Note: Coleridge's ballad seeded the language with metaphor: an 'albatross around one's neck' for an inescapable burden, and 'water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink' for maddening scarcity amid plenty. The dead albatross is now shorthand in a hundred contexts the poet never dreamed of. (Ed: BR 2026-07-19)
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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. 2026 Editor's Note: This order pioneered somet hing that outlived it: fraternal life insurance, paying a member's family on his death from small assessments on the living. The idea swept America — hundreds of imitators followed — but the flawed math bankrupted most, teaching lessons that shaped the modern, actuarially sound insurance industry. (Ed: BR 2026-07-07)
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Roxburghshire, 54 miles N. W. of Jedburgh, was in 1544 the scene of the defeat of 5,000 English, under Sir Ralph Evers and Sir Brian Latoun, by a Scottish force under the Earl of Angus and Scott of Buccleuch.
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Fourth king of Rome, reigned twenty-four years, в. c. 640-616, and is said to have been the son of Numa's daughter. He took many Latin towns, transported the inhabitants to Rome, and gave them the Aventine to dwell on: these conquered Latins formed the original Plebs. He was succeeded by Tarquinius Priscus . 2026 Editor's Note: Upon Tullus Hostilius's death, the Roman Senate appointed an interrex who called a session of the assembly of the people to elect Ancus Marcius as king. This procedure demonstrates how early Roman succession involved both the Senate and popular assembly. Many Romans believed Ancus Marcius was the namesake of the Marcii, a plebeian family. (Ed: BR 2026-07-02)
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2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) HANS CHRISTIAN (än'der-sen), a Danish poet and story writer, born at Odense, April 2, 1805. Having lost his father early in childhood, the boy received his elementary education in a charity school. He traveled in Germany (1828), and made tours in France, Italy, and the East. His impres- HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN sions of Italy are embodied in "The Improvisatore" (1835). In the same year appeared "O. T.," a novel of life and nature in the North. "Only a Fiddler" (1837) and "The Poet's Bazar" (1842) followed. He is seen at his very best in "The Picture Book Without Pictures." Among his dramatic compositions are "The Mulatto," "The Flowers of Happiness," "Raphaella," "Ahas "Ahasuerus," and "The Two Baronesses." In In the English speaking world Andersen's great fame will ever rest upon his stories for children, the celebrated "Wonder Tales." He died Aug. 4, 1875.
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city in Indiana, countyseat of Madison co.; on several railroads and a hydraulic canal with a fall of nearly 50 feet; 36 miles N. E. of Indianapolis. It is principally engaged in manufactuing, and has National banks, public library, high school, daily and weekly newspapers, etc. Pop. (1910) 22,476; (1920) 29,767.
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