| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The words repeated in each verse, the chorus or refrain. It is the French bourdon, the big drone of a bagpipe, or double-diapason of an organ, used in fortë parts and choruses. | 1 |
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Burden of Isaiah. The “measure” of a prophecy announcing a calamity, or a denunciation of hardships on those against whom the burden is uttered. (Isa. xiii. 1, etc.) | 2 |
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The burden of proof. The obligation to prove something. | 3 |
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“The burden of proof is on the party holding the affirmative” [because no one can prove a negative, except by reductio ad absurdum]—Greenleaf: On Evidence (vol. i. part 2, chap. iii. p. 105). |
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