urn
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A famous expression of this proposition is the finale of John Keats’s Ode on a Grecian Urn: "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all/Ye know on Earth, and all ye need to know."
From Scientific American • Oct. 28, 2018
Fannie McClendon is the 97-year-old owner of The Glass Urn, the store next door to Farr’s location.
From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2017
Urn thefts made felony to deter crime without ‘closure’
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2016
And what is John Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" if not a work of criticism about the experience of art?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2016
The Dog Boy and Walt clubbed together and sent Urn a mixture for the distemper, which contained quinine and was absolutely priceless.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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