AMBROSIUS STUB
\ambɹˈə͡ʊsɪəs stˈʌb], \ambɹˈəʊsɪəs stˈʌb], \a_m_b_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ__ə_s s_t_ˈʌ_b]\
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A Danish lyric poet; born on the Island of Funen, May 1705; died at Ribe, about 1758. His poems were all (except one) published after his death (1771). He is the original of the hero of C. K. F. Molbeck's romantic drama "Ambrosius".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
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