ATD 892-918
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coglioni
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Bloomsbury
Fashionable London district including the British Museum and University College London.
west of Regents Park
The huge park is in northern central London. To the west are Lisson, Paddington, Westbourne Green, Kensal Town and other districts.
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taximeter cab
The taximeter is the device that measures and totalizes miles traveled.
Fedora
Capitalized because at the time it was recognized as a proper name: from Sardou's play Fédora. Description, picture and history on Wikipedia.
Lampo
Italian-made pistol.
Peckham Rye
District in southeast London.
Vitaï Lampada
The Newbolt poem quoted by Cyprian on page 813.
pietà
Works so titled commonly show Mary, the mother of Jesus, with his body after its removal from the cross.
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predators' wings
Western art mostly depicts angels with the wings of prey species, namely doves.
Angel of Death
This angel appears in V. and GR too.
Pegamoid traveler's satchel
Pegamoid: a fabric coated with plasticized nitrocellulose; used for early aircraft fuselages, convertible roofs and wallets. There is a Pegamoid Road in the borough of Enfield, London.
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Charlie Sykes
Charles Robinson Sykes was a sculptor who designed the hood ornament for Rolls Royce, called "The Spirit of Ecstasy." See also p. 1074.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer, 1872-1958 [1]. He premiered the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis in 1910.
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Annotation Index
| Part One: The Light Over the Ranges |
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| Part Two: Iceland Spar |
119-148, 149-170, 171-198, 199-218, 219-242, 243-272, 273-295, 296-317, 318-335, 336-357, 358-373, 374-396, 397-428 |
| Part Three: Bilocations |
429-459, 460-488, 489-524, 525-556, 557-587, 588-614, 615-643, 644-677, 678-694 |
| Part Four: Against the Day |
695-723, 724-747, 748-767, 768-791, 792-820, 821-848, 849-863, 864-891, 892-918, 919-945, 946-975, 976-999, 1000-1017, 1018-1039, 1040-1062 |
| Part Five: Rue du Départ |
