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Search Results: "the-sorrows-of-werther

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Corelli, Marie
a novelist, a prolific authoress, and very popular; her first work "the romance of two worlds," one of her latest "the sorrows of satan"; b . 1864.
Dithyramb
a hymn in a lofty and vehement style, originally in honour of bacchus, in celebration of his sorrows and joys, and accompanied with flute music.
Lethe
e . oblivion), in the greek mythology a stream in the nether world, a draught of the waters of which, generally extended to the ghosts of the dead on their entrance into pluto's kingdom, obliterated all recollection of the past and its sorrows.
Nepenthe
an imaginary goddess, the allayer of pain and the soother of sorrows, or the impersonation of stern retributive justice.
Newman, Francis William
born in london, brother of the preceding, with whom he was wholly out of sympathy, and at the opposite pole; he was a theist in his religious opinions, and wrote in defence of them his principal works, "the soul: her sorrows and aspirations," and "phases of faith" (1805-1897).
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