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Treasure Island
Robert Lewis Stevenson
Phraseologism: Treasure Island.
Meaning: About a land full of riches.
Origin: The title of a novel (1883) by the English writer Robert Stevenson (1850-1894), which describes the search for a treasure buried on an island.
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Servant to the king, father to the soldiers.
Meaning:
About the commander.
Origin:
From the poem "Borodino" (1837) by M. Yu. Lermontov (1814-1841): "Our colonel was born with a grip: // Servant to the tsar, father to soldiers ... // Yes, sorry for him: struck down by damask steel, // He sleeps in the damp earth." |
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