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Definition of Chimeras
1. chimera [n] - See also: chimera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chimeras
Literary usage of Chimeras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The anatomy of melancholy, by Democritus iunior by Robert Burton (1838)
"... and v Lava- That they see and hear so many phantasms, chimeras, noises, visions,
&c. we »mi bear that which indeed is neither heard nor seen. ..."
2. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"A "SIAMESE TWIN" PIGWEED Three plants like Ob wore found growing in a sectorial
chimeras-plants made « perfectly distinct. BO that one may s consisting of a ..."
3. The Ancient Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1881)
"chimeras, ignorance, exaltation.— VI. Summary. I. THE new philosophy, confined
to a select circle, had long served as a mere luxury for refined society. ..."
4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"CHAPTER XV THE HOLOCEPHALI, OR chimeras HE Chimaeras. — Very early in geological
times, certainly as early as the middle Silurian, ..."
5. History of the French Revolution of 1848 by Alphonse de Lamartine (1849)
"He promised chimeras, but he did not offer either disorder, or violence, or blood.
The Luxembourg, under his guidance, contributed greatly to intimidate ..."
6. The Cruise of the Betsey: Or, a Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous by Hugh Miller (1858)
"... Remains—John Stewart's wonder at the Bones in the Stones—Description of the
Bones — " Dragons, Gorgons, and chimeras" —Exploration and Discovery pursued ..."
7. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of by Great Exhibition (1851)
"1, a cabriolet sofa, with chimeras at front composed of head of Irish wolf and
hoof of the giant deer, both animals now extinct. The back surmounted by war ..."
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