"Caledonia" is a word in ENGLISH
The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in
poetry.
[Tolstoy] does not necessarily get rid of [his angry] temperament by undergoing religious conversion, and indeed it is obvious that the illusion of having been reborn may allow one's native vices to flourish more freely than ever, though perhaps in subtler forms.
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A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces his altitude and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"The man below says: "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field.""You must work in Technical Support," says the balloonist."I do," replies the man. "How did you know?""Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but completely useless."The man below says: "You must be in management.""I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?""Well", says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're still in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."
A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.
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Read the complete definitionIncomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only …
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Read the complete definitionLeaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
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Read the complete definitionThe levelers in the reign of Hen. I., who acknowledged no head or superior. Leges H. 1; Cowell. Also certain …
Read the complete definitionAnciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.
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Read the complete definitionA kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation.
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Read the complete definitionAn assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.
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