charms

  • 31music has charms to soothe the savage breast — Meaning Origin William Congreve. 1670 1729. The Mourning Bride. Act i. Sc. 1. Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak …

    Meaning and origin of phrases

  • 32Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast —  is the correct quotation from the Congreve play The Mourning Bride. Not the savage breast or a savage beast …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 33Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast —    is the correct quotation from the Congreve play The Mourning Bride. It is not the savage breast or a savage beast or any of the other variants sometimes attributed to it …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 34feminine charms — woman s fascinating characteristics …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 35Irish charms —    In north eastern counties, it was thought that stones or sticks brought over from Ireland would cure snake bites and beestings, provided they had never been allowed to touch English soil; such a stick was still kept, and occasionally used, in… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 36ЧАРЫ ВЛАСТИ — (charms/fascination of power) очарование, волшебство, колдовская сила власти, которые в каждом поколении и во все времена неудержимо влекут к ней людей людей честных и бесчестных, авантюристов и прагматиков, злых и добрых. Способность улечься… …

    Власть. Политика. Государственная служба. Словарь

  • 37Daniil Kharms — Daniil Charms 1938, die letzte bekannte Aufnahme vor der Verhaftung Daniil Charms (russisch Даниил Хармс; eigentlich Daniil Iwanowitsch Juwatschow/Даниил Иванович Ювачёв, wiss. Transliteration Daniil Ivanovič Juvačëv; * 17.jul./ 30. Dezember …

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  • 38Cunning folk in Britain — A model of a nineteenth century cunning woman in her house, at the Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle in England. The cunning folk in Britain were professional or semi professional practitioners of magic active from the Medieval period through to… …

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  • 39Charm bracelet — For the Mariah Carey album, see Charmbracelet. A charm bracelet is an item of jewelry worn around the wrist. It carries personal charms : decorative pendants or trinkets which signify important things in the wearer s life. Contents 1 History 2… …

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  • 40Exalted — For other uses, see Exalt (disambiguation). Exalted Exalted Second Edition front cover, featuring the images of the characters (from left to right) Arianna, Swan, Panther, Harmonious Jade, and Dace. Designer(s) Robert Hatch, Justin Achilli,… …

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