| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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A fountain of Parnassus sacred to the Muses. Its waters had the power of inspiring with the gift of poetry those who drank of them. | 1 |
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| “The drooping Muses [Sir Industry] | |
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| Brought to another Castalie, | |
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| Where Isis many a famous nursling breeds, |
| Or where old Cam soft paces o’er the lea |
| In pensive mood.” | |
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Thomson: Castle of Indolence, ii. 21. |
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“Isis” means the University of Oxford, and “Cam” the University of Cambridge, so called from the respective rivers on which they stand. | 2 |
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