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the great seal or the TreasuryThe Great Spirit
the Great Starvation
the great unwashed
The Greek calends
The Hague
the halt
the hand against
The handwriting on the wall
The heathen
the heavens open
The Hexagonal system
the higher upper hand
the Hill
the Himalaya
The holidays
The Holy Father
The Holy League
The Holy See
the holy spirit
the honeysuckle ornament
the horn
The horrors
The Horse Guards
the hots
the hour
The hulks
the humanities
the icing on the cake
the Indies
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Historic His*tor"ic, Historical His*tor"ic*al, a. [L. historicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. historique. See History.] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- His*tor"ic*al*ness, n. -- His*to*ric"i*ty, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. --Pope. Historical painting, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. Historical sense, that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. The historic sense, the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age.
