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King Herod (73 BC4 BC) the king of Judaea, appointed by the Romans; in the New Testament, a tyrant who ordered to kill all male new-born babies after Jesus had been born.
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wiskerando here: drunkard.
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no, sirree! no such matter!
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Bedlam here: confusion, madhouse, chaos; Bedlam means Bethlem Royal Hospital for mentally ill patients in England, founded in 1247.
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Son cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt quon le touche il résonne. His heart is a hanging lute; As soon as one touches it, it sounds out. (French)
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De Beranger Pierre-Jean de Beranger (17801857), a French poet, the author of many popular, lyrical and tender songs.
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ennuyé = bored, disappointed. (French)
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arabesque here: of elaborate design.
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morale = moral state.
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cataleptical suffering from periods of unconsciousness and rigidity of muscles; unstable.
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Fuseli Henry Fuseli (17411825), a Swiss painter known for his dramatic and original works.
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impromptus = improvisations. (Latin)
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Gresset Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset (17091777), a French poet and dramatist.
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Machiavelli NiccolÒ Machiavelli (14691521), a political philosopher and statesman of the Italian Renaissance.
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Swedenborg Emanuel Swedenborg (16881772), a scientist, philosopher, theologian and Christian mystic of Swedish origin.
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Holberg Ludwig Holberg (16841754), a prominent Scandinavian writer and philosopher of the Enlightment period.
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Robert Flud(d) (15741637) an English philosopher, physician, occultist and author.
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Tieck Ludwig Tieck (17731853), a German writer and critic of the early Romantic period.
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Campanella Tommaso Campanella (15681639), an Italian philosopher and writer, the author of the famous The City of the Sun.
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Eymeric de Cironne Nicholas Eymerich (13201399), a Roman Catholic theologian, the great inquisitor of Aragon.
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Pomponius Mela a Roman author and geographer of the 5th century.
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Satyr in ancient mythology, a mythical being, part man part goat.
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Œgipan in mythology, a mythical creature in a bestial rather than human form.
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Avatar incarnation (usually of a deity in a human or animal form).
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phantasm = phantom.
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Hernani a tragedy in five acts by Victor Hugo (18021885), a famous French novelist, dramatist and poet of the Romantic period.
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out-Heroded Herod idiom to be worse than the worst person imaginable.
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wigwam a traditional dome-shaped dwelling of North American Indians consisting of a framework covered with large woven mats.
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Alpha and Omaha Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet; Omaha is a city in eastern Nebraska, US; in the popular phrase Alpha and Omega, where Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet, the author substitutes Omega for Omaha.
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Adiós = Goodbye. (Spanish)
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Membranous Croup an infectious respiratory children disease with harsh cough and difficult breathing.
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Baptist a follower of those Protestant Christians who insist that only believers should be baptized.
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Wall Street a street in New York City, in the borough of Manhattan, the financial centre of the United States.