These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Paston Letters, Pastor, Pastoral.
THE, a collection of letters written by and to members of the Paston family in Norfolk during the period of the Wars of the Roses. These letters deal freely with the domestic affairs, and all the relations of English popular life in the period in which they were written. An accurate and extended edition in three volumes, by Mr. Gairdner was published (1872- 1875). A four-volume edition by the same author was published (1900-1901).
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a shepherd; now used almost exclusively in its figurative sense, for one who feeds the Christian flock; a minister of the Gospel, having charge of a church and congregation. In ornithology, the rose-colored ousel. Head, wings, and tail blue black, the feathers on the head forming a crest; back, scapulars, and rump, rose-colored. It has a wide geographical range and in habits resembles the starling. It is often called the locust bird.
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a variety of epic poetry, the special province of which is the description of rural life and of homely, peaceful scenes. The pastoral is usually narrative to some degree. It contains little action. It appeals to the gentler emotions. Goldsmith's Deserted Village and Thomson's Seasons are pastoral poems. See Poetry
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poetry which deals, in a more or less direct form, with rustic life. It has generally flourished in highly corrupted artificial states of society. Thus Theocritus, the first pastoral poet, made artistic protest against the licentiousness of Syracuse; and Vergil wrote his "Bucolics" and "Eclogues" in the corrupt Roman court. In the 16th century pastoral poetry received notable expression in "Arcadia" of G. Sannazaro, the "Aminta" of Tasso, and the "Pastor Fido" of Guarini; and in England, in the "Shepherd's Calendar" of Spenser, the "Arcadia" of Sidney, the "Faithful Shepherdess" of Fletcher, "As You Like It" of Shakespeare and the "Comus" of Milton. The "Gentle Shepherd" of Allan Ramsay (1725) was the last successful dramatic pastoral.
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a walled town of India, in the Nepal province; 64 miles N. W. from Ahmadabad, stands on a tributary of the Banas. It manufactures swords, spears, pottery and silk and cotton goods. Standing on the site of the ancient Anhil wara, and the capital of native dynasties from the 8th century to the present day, Patan is surrounded with lofty walls, and has numerous architectural ruins. Pop. (1918) 30,000. stream in
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a Maryland which flows into Chesapeake Bay, about 14 miles S. of the city of Baltimore. It is nearly 80 miles long. The part of it below Baltimore is an estuary 3 miles wide, and navigable for large ships.
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the same as knee cap. See KNEE. In zöology and palæontology, rock limpet; the typical genus of the family Patellidæ. The shell is oval, with a subcentral apex, the animal with a continuous series of branchial lamellæ, sessile eyes, and six lingual teeth. Recent species 144, from the shores of Great Britain, No Norway, and other countries, living between high and low water marks. Fossil about 100 from the Silurian onward.
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a plate used from early Christian times to receive the Host consecrated at Mass. At first the paten was made of glass, but the use of this material was forbidden in the 6th century. In England it was often made of the less precious metals, though gold or silver should properly be employed. Larger patens, called ministeriales, were used to hold the small Hosts for the communion of the laity. In the Roman Church the paten is consecrated by the bishop with chrism, and evidence exists that this rite was in use in the 8th century.
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WALTER, an English author; born in London, England, Aug. 4, 1839, and educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Queen's College, Oxford, taking a classical second class in 1862. He was elected to an open fellowship at Brasenose; traveled in Italy, France, and Germany, and, both by his subtle critical insight and the exquisite finish of his style, earned his rank among the best prose writers of his time. His books are "Studies in the History of the Renaissance" (1873), a series of essays on art and letters, on such men as Leonardo, Botticelli, Joachim du Bellay, and others; "Marius the Epicurean: his Sensations and Ideas" (1885), an imaginary biography of a young man brought up in Roman paganism, who passes through varied spiritual experience, meets Marcus Aurelius himself, and at last, shortly before his unexpected death, makes acquaintance with the mysterious new Eastern religion; "Imaginary Portraits" (1887); "Appreciations" (1889), a volume of admirable criticism on Charles Lamb, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Rossetti, Sir Thomas Browne, Blake, and on style itself. He died July 30, 1894.
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Walter Horatio (1839-1894), an English essayist. He was born in London and received his education at Canterbury and at Oxford. He had intended to take orders in the Church of England, but, as his religious views changed, he began to regard himself as a Unitarian and thought to become a Unitarian minister. This, too, was given up by the time he was twenty-five years old. From this time his viewpoint as regards religious subjects was rather that of the philosopher. Among his works may be mentioned: The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry, Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas, Imaginary Portraits, The Child in the House, Esmerald Uthwart, and Miscellaneous Studies. Pater's prose is rhythmical but his language is frequently obscure, owing possibly to the subtlety of his thought. His style is refined, delicate, and charming, without possessing those qualities of vigor and force which stimulate and inspire the reader.
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a town of Sicily, in the province of Catania. It is on the southern slope of Mount Etna. On an eminence overlooking the city is an ancient castle and chapel. The town Norman an has a trade in mineral waters, wine, oil, and hemp. Pop. (1911) 20,923.
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the Lord's Prayer, from the first two words of the Latin version; every 10th large bead in the rosary used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions. At this they repeat the Lord's Prayer, and at the intervening small beads an Ave Maria. Also a rosary. In architecture, a kind of ornament in the shape of beads. In angling, a name given to a line to which hooks are attached at certain intervals, and also leaden beads or shot to sink it.
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