These 16 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Ansgar, Ansitif, Anson.
or ANSHAR, called the Apostle of the North, was born in 801 in Picardy, and took the monastic vows in boyhood. In the midst of many difficulties he labored as a missionary in Denmark and Sweden; dying in 864 or 865, with the reputation of having undertaken, if not the first, the most successful, attempts for the propagation of Christianity in the North.
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A little known demon, who, during the possession of the nuns of Louviers, in 1643, occupied the body of Sister Barbara of St. Michael .
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GEORGE, LORD, a celebrated English navigator, born in 1697; became a commander in 1722, and captain in 1724. In 1740 he was made commander of a fleet sent to the South Sea, directed against the trade and colonies of Spain. The expedition consisted of five men-of-war and three smaller vessels. After many stirring adventures he reached the coast of Peru, made several prizes, and captured and burned the city of Paita. His squadron was now reduced to one ship, the "Centurion," but with it he took the Spanish treasure galleon from Acapulco, and arrived in England in 1744, with treasure to the amount of £500,000, having circumnavigated the globe globe in in three years and nine months. His adventures and discoveries are described in "Anson's Voyage." He was made rearadmiral of the blue, and not long after rear-admiral of the white. His victory over the French admiral, Jonquière, near Cape Finisterre in 1747, raised him to the peerage. He died in 1762.
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a city in New Haven co., Conn.; on the Naugatuck river and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; 10 miles W. of New Haven. It is widely noted for its extensive manufactures of clocks, and brass, copper, and woolen goods; and has several banks, Young Men's Christian Association and memorial libraries, daily and weekly newspapers, etc. Pop. (1910) 15,152; (1920) 17,643.
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A sorcerer of the time of St. Jean de Lus, who, according to information supplied by Pierre Delamere, a councillor of Henry IV, was seen several times at the sabbath," mounted on a demon in the shape of a goat, and playing on the flute for the witches' dance. 66 as
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a name given to certain passerine or perching birds having resemblances to the thrushes and supposed to feed largely on ants. The ant thrushes of the Old World belong to the genus pitta. They inhabit southern and southeastern Asia and the Eastern Archipelago, and are birds of brilliant plumage. The New World ant-thrushes belong to South America.
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an alkali, or any remedy for acidity in the stomach. The principal antacids in use are magnesia, lime, and their carbonates, and the carbonates of potash and soda.
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Son of Poseidon (Neptune) and Ge (Earth), a mighty giant and wrestler in Libya, whose strength was invincible so long as he remained in contact with his mother earth. Hercules discovered the source of his strength, lifted him from the earth, and crushed him in the air. 2026 Editor's Note: Hans Baldung's Hercules and Antaeus (1531) and Antonio del Pollaiuolo's Hercules Slaying Antaeus (c. 1460) both capture the pivotal moment of Hercules lifting the giant off the ground. Baldung's work, now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Kassel, emphasizes brutal physicality, while Pollaiuolo's small panel, in the Uffizi Gallery, celebrates Hercules as a symbol of Florentine strength. (Ed: BR 2026-07-05)
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a eutralizes an alkali, and is used medicinally to counteract an alkaline tendency in the system. All true acids have this power.
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the capital of Madagascar, situated in the central province of Imérina. It has manufactures of metal work, cutlery, silk, etc., and exports sugar, soap, and oil. Pop. about 100,000. (See MADAGASCAR.)
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before the flood or deluge of Noah's time; relating to what happened before the deluge. In the term has been applied to geology gy organisms, traces of which are found in a fossil state in formations preceding the diluvial, particularly to extinct animals such as the paleotherium, the mastodon, etc.
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little or two-toed ant rater. Both are South American. The scaly ant eaters are of an allied genus, manis. They derive their English name from the fact that they are covered with thick scales, which give them the superficial appearance of reptiles. The short-tailed manis, M. pentadactyla of Linnæus, is found in Bengal and the Indian archipelago, and M. tetradactyla in Africa. The proper and scaly ant eaters edentata, or toothless animals. To the same order belong the Cape ant eaters, orycteropus capensis. SABLE ANTELOPE
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the name given to the movable jointed organs of touch and hearing attached to the heads of insects, myriapods, etc., and commonly called horns or feelers. They present a very great variety of forms. The small antennæ of the lobster bear olfactory bristles, and have an ear lodged at the base. And, in short, there are numerous observations to justify the general statement that in many cases the antennæ are sensitive to smell, sound, and probably taste. Deprived of its antennæ, an ant, for instance, is peculiarly helpless.
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A Trojan, son of Aesyetes and Cleomestra, and husband of Theano. He was one of the wisest among the elders at Troy; he received Menelaus and Ulysses into his house when they came to Troy as embassadors; and he advised his fellow-citizens to restore Helen to Menelaus. On the capture of Troy, Antenor was spared by the Greeks. 2026 Editor's Note: The name Antenor refers to multiple figures in ancient history and mythology. In Greek mythology, Antenor was a counselor to King Priam of Troy during the Trojan War. However, an Athenian sculptor also named Antenor lived around 540–500 BC and created the celebrated statues of the tyrannicides Harmodius and Aristogeiton. These sculptures were later carried away to Susa by Xerxes I during the Greco-Persian Wars. (Ed: BR 2026-07-06)
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a city of Andalusia in Spain, in the province of Malaga, a place of some importance under the Romans, with a ruined Moorish castle. Manufactures of woolen, leather, soap, etc. Pop. about 35,000.
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an'te-ros, in Greek mythology, a son of Aphrodite and Ares, and brother of Eros, or Cupid. As the name implies, he was the opposite of Eros, the god of love. Anteros was the god of unhappy love, the avenger of unrequited affection. 2026 Editor's Note: By a famous mix-up, the winged statue atop the memorial fountain in London's Piccadilly Circus — universally called 'Eros' — actually depicts his brother Anteros, the god of requited, selfless love, deliberately chosen to honor a philanthropist. Londoners have called it the wrong name for over a century. (Ed: BR 2026-06-29)
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