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Emperor of the Mountains

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king of the woods, and lord of the highways from Florence to Naples. A title assumed by Peter the Calabrian, a famous banditchief (1812).

 

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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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Emilie (The divine)
Emmet
Emne
Emolument
Emotion
Empanel
Empannel
Empedoclēs
Emperor
Emperor of Believers
Emperor of the Mountains
Empire City (The)
Empire of Reason; the Empire of Truth
Empirics
Employé. (French)
Empson
Empty as Air
Empty Champagne Bottles
Empty Chance
Empyrean
En Evidence (French)