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      Satan – in Christianity and Judaism, the prince of evil forces, the enemy of God

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      misalliance – unequal or unsuitable marriage

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      a good Samaritan – in the Bible, the man who, with love and patience, helped every suffering person

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      philanthropist – a person who helps those in need or in trou-ble

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      ditto = the same thing (the word is used to avoid repetition)

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      griffins – mythological creatures with bodies of lions and heads of eagles

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      cupids – Cupid is a Roman god of love portrayed as a winged child with arrows and a bow

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      cravat – folded linen or lace worn as a necktie

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      salaams – low bows

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      cheroot – a thin cigar with both ends open

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      gig – a light two-wheeled carriage with one horse

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      magistrate – an official, acting as judge in lower courts

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      embargo – a decision that forbids trade, import, export, com-merce, etc.; also means a ban on smth.

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      sal-volatile – solution of smelling salts used as a medicine when a person is unconscious

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      pony-chaise – a low carriage with two or four wheels pulled by a pony

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      holus-bolus – with one hit; at one gulp; at once; in a body, in bulk

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      sovereign – a British gold coin with face value of one pound; the coin is out of use now.

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      Solomon – the greatest king of Israel (10th century BC), son of David; Solomon was famous for his wisdom, military expan-sion and the construction of the temple in Jerusalem.

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      memorandum – a written plan for future

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      hieroglyphics – an ancient system of writing, in which pic-tures and symbols are used for words and sounds

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      gibberish – unintelligible, meaningless sounds

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      conservatory – a glass building for growing plants in cold climate

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      dog-rose – Latin Rosa Canina, a sort of sweetbrier

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      Heaven – the place where God and the saints live

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      the metropolis – London

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      the House of Commons – the elected legislative body and, formally, the lower house of the British Parliament; its origin goes back to the 13th century.

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      Lambeth – an inner borough of London to the south of the River Thames; the first settlement dates back to pre-Roman times.

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      intagli – pl. from intaglio – figure or ornament cut deep into the surface of stone

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      tankard – a large mug for drinking beer

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      ale – a kind of beer

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      Brittany – a region of France, a peninsula washed by the At-lantic Ocean, the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel

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      Protestant – a member of any of the Christian churches that separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century at the time of the Reformation

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      Patmos – an island, the smallest of the twelve Greek Islands, the place of the exile of St. John the Divine

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      NOTE. ADDED BY FRANKLIN BLAKE. – Miss Clack may make her mind quite easy on this point. Nothing will be added, altered or removed, in her manuscript, or in any of the other manuscripts which pass through my hands. Whatever opinions any of the writers may express, whatever peculiarities of treatment may mark, and perhaps in a literary sense, disfigure the narratives which I am now collecting, not a line will be tampered with anywhere, from first to last. As genuine documents they are sent to me – and as genuine documents I shall preserve them, endorsed by the attestations of witnesses who can speak to the facts. It only remains to be added that “the person chiefly concerned” in Miss Clack’s narrative, is happy enough at the present moment, not only to brave the smartest exercise of Miss Clack’s pen, but even to recognise its unquestionable value as an instrument for the exhibition of Miss Clack’s character.

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      Lombard Street – a street in the City of London, a financial and banking centre

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      Kilburn – an area in Brent, an outer borough of London, to the northwest of the metropolis

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      Northumberland Street – a street in central London

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      (the) Strand – one of the main streets in central London with theatres, expensive shops and hotels

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      Tottenham Court Road – a street in central London

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      Mammon – the god of greed

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