/ · 1894 Brewer’s · H · Helvetia
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Switzerland. So called from the Helveʹtii, a powerful Celtic people who dwelt thereabouts.
“See from the ashes of Helvetia’s pile
The whitened skull of old Serveʹtus smile.”
Holmes.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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