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Balance, The

(Encyclopedia)Balance, The, English name for Libra, a constellation; also called The Scales. ...

fall, the

(Encyclopedia)fall, the, i.e., the fall of man, in Christian thought: see original sin; grace. ...

Owl and the Nightingale, The

(Encyclopedia)Owl and the Nightingale, The, Middle English poem written probably by Nicholas de Guildford of Dorsetshire about the beginning of the 13th cent. Written in 2,000 lines of octosyllabic couplets, it des...

Sèvres ware

(Encyclopedia)Sèvres ware, porcelain made in France by the royal (now national) potteries established (1745) by Louis XV at Vincennes, moved (1756) to Sèvres after changing hands. Before 1770 it was a soft-paste ...

Rand, the

(Encyclopedia)Rand, the: see Witwatersrand.

Skaw, the

(Encyclopedia)Skaw, the, Denmark: see Skagen.

Rockies, the

(Encyclopedia)Rockies, the: see Rocky Mountains. ...

pill, the

(Encyclopedia)pill, the: see birth control.

Naze, the

(Encyclopedia)Naze, the, cape: see Lindesnes, Norway. ...

Lusiads, The

(Encyclopedia)Lusiads, The: see Camões, Luís de. ...