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Paracelsus (1493–15410) – a Swiss doctor and alchemist who was the first to widely use the achievements of chemistry for treating patients
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eidolon – a ghost or phantom (
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Bacon – Francis Bacon (1561–1626), a famous English philosopher, statesman, essayist and speaker
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Plato (428 BC–348 BC) – an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Academy; he was the pupil of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle.
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the Almighty = God
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crotchet – a strange and unreasonable idea
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hobgoblins – in English and Scottish folklore, small malicious fairies which inhabit houses, mislead travelers, frighten people, spoil things, etc.
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pentacle – a magic geometrical figure
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vellum – parchment
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anathema – a formal declaration of the Church condemning smb. or smth.; a curse
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Somersetshire – a historic county in the southwest of England
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Methodist – a member of the Methodist Church which separated from the Church of England in the 18th century and later developed into an autonomous church
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chaise – a low carriage with two or four wheels
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Cambridgeshire – a historic county in eastern England
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brogue – a local way of speaking English; a dialect
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was dead against smth. = was strongly against smth.
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Providence – God or some power that intervenes in human lives and affairs of the world
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the Eesraelites – the Israelites, people of Jewish origin, members of the twelve tribes of Israel; in the 10th century BC, ten tribes established the Kingdom of Israel, and two tribes the Kingdom of Judah
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the West-end – the fashionable part of London known for its palaces, mansions, parks and shops
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laudanum – a sedative made from opium
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delusion – a false opinion that may be a symptom of madness
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Metz – a city in northeastern France; it was founded by a Gallic tribe and later fortified by the Romans
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the River Moselle – a river in northeastern France and western Germany, a tributary of the Rhine River
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Moselle wine – famous wine produced in Germany from the vineyards on the banks of the Moselle River
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lunatic asylum – a mental hospital for the care and treatment of mental patients
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delirium – mental excitement during illness (usually fever) accompanied by senseless, incoherent speech
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pâté = paste
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demon – a wicked or cruel spirit or supernatural creature
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Bombay – now Mumbai, a large city in southwestern India, India’s commercial, financial and religious centre, the main port on the Arabic Sea
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Candahar – Kandahar, a city in south-central Afghanistan on the way to India; the city has a long history of wars and conquests
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the Berkshires – soldiers from the county of Berkshire
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Ghazis –
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Peshawur – a city and capital of province in northern Pakistan
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Portsmouth – a city on the English Channel, in the historic county of Hampshire
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Barts – Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital, the oldest hospital in London founded in 1123
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By Jove! – an exclamation of surprise
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Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) – a famous British historian and essayist
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the Copernican Theory – the heliocentric or Sun-centred system; Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) was a Polish astronomer who said that the Sun is a fixed point, and the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun
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belladonna – a drug made from a poisonous plant of the same name
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opium – a narcotic drug made from poppy and used to relieve pain
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Mendelssohn – Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), a German composer, conductor and pianist of the Romantic period
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Lieder – songs (
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Euclid (the 2nd century BC) – an outstanding Greek mathematician of the antique period who is best known for his works in geometry
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Niagara – the Niagara River flowing from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario on the USA-Canadian frontier; the Niagara Falls lie on the border between Ontario, Canada and New York state
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deduction – a conclusion made in the process of reasoning from the general to the particular
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chimerical – unreal; from
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) – an American writer and poet who is best known as the author of tales of horror and detective stories
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Gaboriau – Émile Gaboriau (1833–1873), a French novelist, the father of the detective novel
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Cleveland – a city and port in northeastern Ohio, the USA, on the southern shore of Lake Erie
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Ohio – a state in the Middle West of the USA
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status quo – the situation as it is now
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Cremona – a city in northern Italy, southwest of Milan, founded in 218 BC by the Romans; the city is famous for its school of violin making
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Stradivarius – Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737), a famous Italian violin maker whose violins are still considered the best
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Amati – a family of famous Italian violin makers in Cremona in the 16th-17th centuries; Nicolo Amati was the teacher of Stradivari.
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cataract – a disease of the eye; the illus at eye
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Utrecht –