Women in Love (Barnes & Noble Classics S - D. H. Lawrence [283]
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Priestess of classical Greek mythology to whom Apollo gave the power of prophecy, but whom nobody would believe.
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You, too, Palestra, will you dance?—yes, please (Italian).
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Virgins of the Rocks (Italian). The Contessa is referring either to the novel by Gabriele d’Annunzio (1863-1938) or possibly to a painting by Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci, Virgin of the Rocks. ‡In the biblical book of Ruth, Naomi is the mother-in-law of Ruth and Orpah.
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See the Bible, Ruth 1:5 and 14-15.
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french folk song whose full title, “Malbrouk s’en va-ten guerre,” means “Malbrouk is going to the war.”
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What do you mean, Palestra? (Italian).
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Compare this line with that in the Bible, Matthew 22:21: “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s” (King James Version).
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The sound man, clean-living and free from guilt; from Horace, Odes 1:22.
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Female savior (Latin).
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Mr. Over-foreman and Mr. Under-foreman (German).
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Scottish sailor (1676-1721) who was marooned at sea and inspired Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) to write Robinson Crusoe.
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Well-nigh (dialect).
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Nymph in Greek mythology who escaped the amorous Apollo by changing into a laurel tree.
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Novel about innocent love by French writer Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814).
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Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), French painter.
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Apples of Sodom: also called Dead Sea apples; fruit that is outwardly enticing but turns to ash when picked (see John Milton’s Paradise Lost, book 10, lines 560-71). Gall-apples: growths on trees created when insects lay their eggs on them.
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See the Bible, Matthew 7:20.
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Aquatic reptiles of the prehistoric era known as the Mesozoic.
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Savirn of the world (Latin).
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Ornate chest that contained the Ten Commandments on two tablets of stone.
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Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915), French naturalist.
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See the Bible, Genesis 9:2.
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Tawdry banter.
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Pussycat (Italian).
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Beautiful savage (French).
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Annual art exhibition in Paris sponsored by the French government.
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Look, look at those people over there! Aren’t they incredible owls? (French).
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Idiots (French slang).
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A few too many people (French).
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German folk song.
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Music training exercises involving body movements, created by Swiss composer Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950).
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Youngest daughter of King Lear, in Shakespeare’s drama of the same name; she is disinherited because she fails to flatter him.
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Great Mother (Latin).
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Sorrowful Mother (Latin), especially with reference to the Virgin Mary.
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The fear of death confuses me (Latin); the refrain from Lament for the Makaris, an elegy on the death of past poets, by William Dunbar (c.1460-c.1530).
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When the Midlands section of the Coal-Owners’ Federation tried to reduce wages in mid-1893, miners began a sixteen-week strike.
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In September 1893, troops were called in to put down riots in the Yorkshire and the Midlands collieries.
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Three half-pennies; the miners are taunting the soldiers.
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Also spelled suttee; the custom of a Hindu widow willingly being cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre.
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Type of mine foreman; Lawrence’s father held this position.
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In the schools run by charities such as Christ’s Hospital, students who wore long, blue coats and yellow stockings.
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Winifred’s rabbit is named after Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), prime minister of Prussia and the first chancellor of the German Empire.
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“Winifred wants so much to do the portrait of Bismarck! Oh, but all the morning—... Bismarck, Bismarck, always Bismarck! It’s a rabbit, isn’t it, miss?” “Yes, it’s a big, black and white rabbit. Haven’t you seen it?” (French).
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“No, miss, Winifred has never wanted to show it to me. Many’s the time I’ve asked her, ‘What is this Bismarck, Winifred?’ But, she wouldn’t tell me. Her Bismarck, it was very mysterious.” “Yes, it’s a mystery, really a mystery” (French). “Is
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“Bismarck, it’s a mystery, Bismarck, he is a marvel” ... “Yes, he