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Literature | Stimulants of Great Men BONAPARTE took snuff when he wished to stimulate his intellect, or when he was greatly annoyed. BRAHAM (the singer) drank bottled porter. The REV, WILLIAM BULL, the Nonconformist, was an inveterate smoker. LORD BYRON took gin and water. G. F. COOKE took all sorts of stimulants. LORD ERSKINE took large doses of opium. GLADSTONE'S restorative is an egg beaten up in sherry. HOBBES drank cold water. ED. KEAN drank raw brandy. J. KEMBLE was an opium eater. NEWTON smoked. POPE drank strong coffee. WEDDERBURNE (the first Lord Ashburton) placed a blister on his chest when he was about to make a great speech. (Dr. Paris: Pharmacologia.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-f-g-i-l-m-m-n-n-o-r-s-s-t-t-t-u" | |
-5 letters: ultramontanisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 54 49 4D 55 4C 41 4E 54 53 4F 46 47 52 45 41 54 4D 45 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01010100 01001001 01001101 01010101 01001100 01000001 01001110 01010100 01010011 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01000111 01010010 01000101 01000001 01010100 00100000 01001101 01000101 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S T I M U L A N T S   O F   G R E A T   M E N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0054 0049 004D 0055 004C 0041 004E 0054 0053 004F 0046 0047 0052 0045 0041 0054 004D 0045 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5354434755463548545324940241523935542473948 |
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