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Columbus

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His signature was—

S.

i.e. Servidor

S. A. S.

Sus Altezas Sacras

X. M. Y.

Jesus Maria Isabel

X to. FERENS

Christo-pher

El Almirante

El Almirante.

In English, “Servant—of their Sacred Highnesses—Jesus Mary and Isabella—Christopher—the Admiral.”

The second Columbus. Cyrus West Field was so called by John Bright when he completed the Atlantic Cable. Born at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1819.

 

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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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Colour (verb)
Coloured Frontispiece by Phiz (A)
Colporteur
Colt (A)
Colt (A)
Colt (To)
Colt-pixy (A)
Colt’s Revolver
Colt’s-tooth
Columbine
Columbus
Columbus of the Skies (The)
Column
Column at Boulogne
Columns or Herculēs
Coma Berenices
Comazants
Comb
Comb the Cat (To)
Come and take Them
Come Ather (pron. ah-ther)

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