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Third Edition. 2002
...Thomas, the doubting apostle An Apostle who first doubted the Resurrection of Jesus and then believed. He was not present when Jesus appeared alive to his disciples...
12) 15. Thomas Rymer and the Queen of Elfland. Traditional Ballads. 1909-14.
English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray. The Harvard Classics
...TRUE THOMAS lay oer yond grassy bank, And he beheld a ladie gay, A ladie that was brisk and bold, Come riding oer the fernie brae. 1 Her skirt was of the grass-green...
13) Thomas (St.). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...is that Gondof orus, king of the Indies, gave him a large sum of money to build a palace. St. Thomas spent it on the poor, "thus erecting a superb palace in heaven."...
14) Thomas the Rhymer. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Thomas Learmont, of Ercildoune, a Scotchman, in the reign of Alexander III., and contemporary with Wallace. He is also called Thomas of Erchdoune. Sir Walter Scott...
15) §6. Thomas Bodley. XIX. The Foundation of Libraries. Vol. 4. Prose and
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...shortlived influence of his son, prince Henry, and the mature energy of scholars like Sir Thomas Bodley and Sir Robert Cotton, whose names are associated with the...
16) Thomas, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Thomas, Saint, one of the Twelve Disciples, called Didymus. He refused to believe in the resurrection until he saw Jesus' wounds; hence the expression "doubting Thomas."...
17) Thomas, George Henry. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Thomas, George Henry, 1816-70, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Southampton co., Va. He served in the Seminole War and in the Mexican War. Later he taught...
18) Thomas of Erceldoune. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Thomas of Erceldoune, (ur´sldoon´) (KEY) , fl. 1220?-1297?, Scottish seer and poet, also known as Thomas the Rhymer and Thomas Learmont. Evidence of his existence...
19) Thomas, Clarence. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Thomas, Clarence, 1948-, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1991-), b. Pin Point (Savannah), Ga. Raised in a poor family, he graduated (1974) from the Yale...
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...Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) God who gave us life gave us liberty. 1 Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties...
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