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Below, the original version of Veiled Paradise, in its original Dutch ;-) 

Sluierparadijs

Grommende gebergten in de verte, de lucht vervuld

van half niet-bestaande fabelvogels. Nauwelijks zichtbare

lichtpaden glooien door bloeddoorlopen fantasieën.

Luchtspiegelingen lossen op, verschrompelen. Na pijn en tranen

klemmen vingers zich om zuilen van licht, terwijl oren

zich vullen met stilte.

Ontwortelde zielen reikhalzen naar een opgaande zon,

duizend kelen zwellen aan vanuit rommelende onrust.

Ontdekking en herontdekking, winden van waarheid

en zuilen van licht voeren ons weg van schijnmuren van staal

naar stilstaande sterren.

Smeltende schaduwbeelden maken plaats voor purperzinderende

landschappen en valleien van magie.

Mysteriën groeten ons in verblindende realiteit.

Dictionary of American English that is generally regarded as one of the greatest ever produced. The first edition (1889–91) contained six volumes; a supplementary Cyclopedia of Names, including personal and geographic names, famous works of art and literature, and the like, was published in 1894.

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The entire work was under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney (1827–94), professor of philology at Yale University. An atlas was added in 1897, and partial revisions of the set were made from time to time thereafter; a 12-volume edition was produced in 1911.

Long after it went out of print, the Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia remained one of the most valuable references for etymologists, lexicographers, and historians. It contained more than 200,000 main entries and 500,000 definitions.

In addition to thorough coverage of American English and complete etymology, the set strongly emphasized scientific and technical terms. A two-volume New Century Dictionary of the English Language (1952) and a three-volume New Century Cyclopedia of Names (1954) are modernizations of the 1911 edition.

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