A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

Great Lakes State, the • Land of 
1
0,000 Lakes,
the
Great Lakes State, the —(U.S., also: Great Lake State, the) a
nickname of the state of Michigan: Baker has brought the
story of Michigan mammals up-to-date, and this work will
become the standard reference to the mammals of the Great
Lakes State.
Land of 
1
0,000 Lakes, the —(U.S.) a nickname of the state
of Minnesota: The “Land of 
1
0,000 Lakes,” Minnesota got its
nickname because there are more than 
1
2,000 lakes throughout
the state.
Great Magician of the North, the • Magician of
the North, the
Great Magician of the North, the —(also: Wizard of the North,
the) a name given to Sir Walter Scott (
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77
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–
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832), a Scottish
historical novelist: Some of stories in respect to variety and
length, might safely aspire to a place beside the Great Magician
of the North, Sir Walter Scott.
Magician of the North, the —a name given to Johann Georg
Hamann (
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730–
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788), a German philosopher and theologian:
We may pass directly from Rousseau to Kant, who was largely
inspired by … the somewhat mysterious personality of the
“Magician of the North.”
great world, the • greater world, the
great world, the —
1
. aristocratic society: Thackeray says he
is getting tired of being witty, and of the great world. 2. the
outside world not limited to one’s inner circle: The novelist
proper studies to represent his little world as the great world
is; whereas the romance-writer builds an ideal world. 3. the
universe as a whole: These values exist within yourself as they
exist in the great world, and you are a microcosmic model of
the entire macrocosm.