Philistia
Americannoun
noun
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The world will miss her as a poet, critic, biographer, social lioness, defender of art, warrior against Philistia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Louis was then working as a salesman for his father's jewelry firm, but like Jean, he dreamed of escaping from Philistia to Bohemia.
From Time Magazine Archive
How do they draw water in old Philistia?
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
In Philistia, far from the promised land, the exile may yet contemplate without desire all these desirable things, envying neither them nor their possessors.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
How many a happy escape, as we said, has been made from Philistia; how many a clear spirit has made its way out of the darkness to a true honor.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
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