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A late-16th-century English illustration of a witch feeding her familiars. In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods, familiars (strictly familiar spirits, as "familiar" also meant just "close friend" or companion, and may be seen in the scientific name for dog, Canis familiaris) were believed to be supernatural entities, interdimensional beings, or spiritual guardians that ...
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, often simply called Bartlett's, is an American reference work that is the longest-lived and most widely distributed collection of quotations. The book was first issued in 1855 and is currently in its 19th edition, published in 2022.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
The term bibliophile entered the English language in 1820. [6] A bibliophile is to be distinguished from the much older notion of a bookman (which dates back to 1583), who is one who loves books, and especially reading ; more generally, a bookman is one who participates in writing, publishing, or selling books.
T–V distinction, contrast between second-person pronouns that are specialized for varying levels of familiarity; The Familiar, 2009 film; Familiar Linux, Linux distribution for iPAQ machines and other PDAs "Familiar" (The X-Files), a 2018 episode of the American science fiction television series The X-Files
It originated with the realist art movement that began with mid-nineteenth-century French literature and Russian literature (Alexander Pushkin). [1] Literary realism attempts to represent familiar things as they are. Realist authors chose to depict every day and banal activities and experiences.
On their first meeting, David describes him as "a red-haired person – a youth of fifteen, as I take it now, but looking much older – whose hair was cropped as close as the closest stubble; who had hardly any eyebrows, and no eyelashes, and eyes of a red-brown, so unsheltered and unshaded, that I remember wondering how he went to sleep.
A delivery person roped into a sexual affair with a married customer. Common in pornographic films; the delivery person need not be delivering milk, though this specific type was a common joke when milk delivery was a common profession. Ernie Price: Miltonic hero: A romanticized type of antihero who is both charismatic and wicked. The Miltonic ...