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Balmung

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The sharp-cutting sword of Siegfried, so sharp that a smith cut in two by it did not know he was so cut till he began to move, when he fell in pieces.

Balmez

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An able Spanish Journalist, author of "Protestantism and Catholicism compared in their Effects on the Civilisation of Europe" (1810-1848).

Balkan Peninsula

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The territory between the Adriatic and the Aegean Sea, bounded on the N. by the Save and the Lower Danube, and on the S. by Greece.

Ballater

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A clean Aberdeenshire village on the Dee, a favourite summer resort, stands 668 ft. above sea-level.

Ballad

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A storey in verse, composed with spirit, generally of patriotic interest, and sung originally to the harp.

Balmawhapple

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A prejudiced Scotch clergyman in "Waverley."

Baptists

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A denomination of Christians, sometimes called Anabaptists to distinguish them from Paedobaptists, who, however they may and do differ on other matters, insist that the rite of initiation is duly ...