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Arasʹpes (in Jerusalem Delivered)

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King of Alexandria, more famed for devices than courage. He joined the Egyptian armament against the Crusaders.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Aquinian Sage (The)
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Arabian Bird (The)
Arabian Nights (The)
Arabians
Arabic Figures
Arabs
Arachnē’s Labours
Araf, Al [the partition]
Araspes (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Aratos of Achæa
Arbaces
Arbor Day
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Arcades Ambo [Arcădes 3 syl.]
Arcadian
Arcadian Nightingales
Archangels
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