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Treasure Ali Baba uses magic to find thieves’ storehouse of booty. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights, “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”] richest silver vein in world. [Amer. Hist.: Flexner, 177] digs up the treasure revealed to him by a dying fellow prisoner. [Fr. Lit.: Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo] legendary land of gold in South America. [Span. Myth.: NCE, 846] U.S. depository of gold bullion. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 984] participants in California gold rush of 1849. [Am. Hist.: LLEI, I: 270] fabled Indian city, meaning “source of great wealth.” [Indian Hist.: NCE, 1101] leads to finding of Captain Kidd’s buried treasure. [Am. Lit.: Poe “The Gold Bug”] fleece of pure gold from a winged ram, stolen from Colchis by Jason and the Argonauts. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 406] (c. 1645–1701) pirate captures prizes and buries treasure. [Am. Lit.: Hart, 444] in Africa; search for legendary lost treasure of King Solomon. [Br. Lit.: King Solomon’s Mines] uncovers chest of gold by deciphering parchment. [Am. Lit.: Poe “The Gold Bug”] name applied to gold-mining region of California. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 569] more gold and jewels than wagons could carry. [Ger. Lit.: Nibelungenlied] inadvertently gains hoard of silver ingots. [Br. Lit.: Nostromo]
Red Sea area noted for gold. [O.T.: I Kings 9:28; 10:11; 22:48] site of first strike precipitating Gold Rush. [Am. Hist. Flexner, 175] search for buried treasure ignited by discovery of ancient map. [Br. Lit.: Treasure Island] in Mexico, written by the reclusive, pseudonymous B. Traven. [Am. and Mex. Lit.: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre] |
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| I prefer a folktale to have some hint of a treasurable moral I can carry like a keepsake. Senior members Patrick Corbin, Lisa Viola, and Richard Sen Chee remain dedicated, treasurable artists. From bamboo flower vases (made from the garden's bamboo shoots) to colorful origami bookmarks, intricately designed chopsticks, greeting cards, folding paper fans and watercolor prints worthy of framing, what makes the items treasurable is that most of them are handmade by many of the garden's docents and volunteers. |
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