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Literature | Helen of One's Troy (The). The ambition of one's life; the subject for which we would live and die. The allusion, of course, is to that Helen who eloped with Paris, and thus brought about the siege and destruction of Troy. "For which men all the life they here enjoy Still fight, as for the Helens of their Troy." Lord Brooke: Treatie of Humane Learning. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 45 4C 45 4E 4F 46 4F 4E 45 27 53 54 52 4F 59 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01000101 01001100 01000101 01001110 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01001111 01001110 01000101 00100111 01010011 00100000 01010100 01010010 01001111 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H E L E N   O F   O N E ' S   T R O Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0045 004C 0045 004E 004F 0046 004F 004E 0045 0027 0053 0054 0052 004F 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4239463948249402494839953254524959 |
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