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Dunblane
Language; Encyclopedias
A town in Perthshire, 5 m. N. of Stirling, with a beautiful cathedral, which dates back as far as 1240; of the diocese the saintly Leighton was bishop.
Dundas
Language; Encyclopedias
(Of Arniston), the name of a Scottish family, many of the members of which have distinguished themselves at the bar and on the bench.
Dunes
Language; Encyclopedias
Low hills of sand extending along the coast of the Netherlands and the N. of France.
Ecclefechan
Language; Encyclopedias
A market-town of Dumfriesshire, consisting for the most part of the High Street, 5 m. S. of Lockerbie, on the main road to Carlisle, 16 m. to the S.; noted as the birth and burial place of Thomas ...
Eblis
Language; Encyclopedias
In Mohammedan tradition the chief of the fallen angels, consigned to perdition for refusing to worship Adam at the command of his Creator, and who gratified his revenge by seducing Adam and Eve from ...
Ecbatana
Language; Encyclopedias
The ancient capital of Media, situated near Mount Orontes (now Elvend); was surrounded by seven walls of different colours that increased in elevation towards the central citadel; was a summer ...
Ecce Homo
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Behold the Man, a representation of Christ as He appeared before Pilate crowned with thorns and bound with ropes, as in the painting of Correggio, a subject which has been treated by many of the ...
