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  2. The Jewel in the Crown (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The novel is written in the form of interviews and reports of conversations or research and other portions are in the form of letters (epistolary form) or diary entries. The novel focuses on the triangle of an English woman, an Indian man, and a British police superintendent, setting up the events of subsequent novels in the series.

  3. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's L'art pour l'art. Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While symmetrical for the logo of MGM, the better word order in Latin is "Ars artis gratia". ars longa, vita brevis: art is long, life is short: Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1, translating a phrase of Hippocrates that is often used out of context. The "art ...

  4. Imperial Regalia - Wikipedia

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    The crown can only be dated back to the 13th century, when it is described in a medieval poem. The poem speaks of the Waise (i.e., The Orphan ) stone, which was a big and prominent jewel on the front of the crown, probably a white opal with an exceptionally brilliant red fire, since replaced by a triangular blue sapphire .

  5. Huei tlamahuiçoltica - Wikipedia

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    The first page of the Huei Tlamahuiçoltica. Huei Tlamahuiçoltica ("The Great Event") [1] is a tract in Nahuatl comprising 36 pages and was published in Mexico City, Mexico in 1649 by Luis Laso de la Vega, the vicar of the chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Tepeyac outside the same city.

  6. Latin word order - Wikipedia

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    Studying word order in Latin helps the reader to understand the author's meaning more clearly. For example, when a verb is placed at the beginning of a sentence, it sometimes indicates a sudden action: so complōsit Trimalchio manūs means not just "Trimalchio clapped his hands" but "Trimalchio suddenly clapped his hands".

  7. The Towers of Silence - Wikipedia

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    Another large city in the province is Mayapore, which was the key setting in The Jewel in the Crown. The princely state of Mirat is a nominally sovereign enclave within the province. Pankot is a "second class" hill station in the province which serves as a headquarters for the 1st Pankot Rifles, an important regiment of the Indian Army, who ...

  8. Jewel Quest Mysteries: Oracle of Ur: A getting started guide

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    Use for buying power-ups for the match-3 games. - Jewel Board Shards. Collect all the shards to open the match-3 play. This does not apply to the Sebastian character; he requires no shards.

  9. Claudian letters - Wikipedia

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    Claudian pomerium marker, where written words ampliavit and terminavit use turned digamma (highlighted in red) The Claudian letters were developed by the Roman emperor Claudius (reigned 41–54). He introduced three new letters to the Latin alphabet: Ↄ or /X (antisigma) to replace BS and PS , much as X stood in for CS and GS . The shape of ...