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Ancient Mariner
Language; Encyclopedias
A mariner doomed to suffer dreadful penalties for having shot an albatross, and who, when he reaches land, is haunted by the recollection of them, and feels compelled to relate the tale of them as a ...
Antrim
Language; Encyclopedias
A maritime county in the NE. of Ulster, in Ireland; soil two-thirds arable, linen the chief manufacture, exports butter, inhabitants mostly Protestant.
Ansbach
Language; Encyclopedias
A manufacturing town in Bavaria, 25 m. SW. of Nürnberg, the capital of the old margraviate of the name, and the margraves of which were Hohenzollerns.
Albert Medal
Language; Encyclopedias
A medal of gold and of bronze, instituted in 1866, awarded to civilians for acts of heroism by sea or land.
Alagoas
Language; Encyclopedias
A maritime province of Brazil, N. of Pernambuco, with tropical products as well as fine timber and dye-woods.
