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Brewer's: Last of the Fathers

St. Bernard, Abbot of Clarivaux. (1091-1153.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Last of the GothsLast Words A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

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Dan GableRoman GabrielEddie GaedelClarence (Big House) GainesAlonzo (Jake) GaitherCito GastonRulon GardnerJustin GatlinLou GehrigCharley GehringerBernie GeoffrionGeorge GervinA. Bartlett…

1997 Deaths

Ewart AbnerCal AbramsKathy AckerBobby AdamsDr. Kurt Alfred AdlerJohn Akii-BuaJerome Alden William AllandAntonio de AlmeidaEugenie M. AndersonEddie ArcaroLynn ArchibaldWilliam ArthurRichie…

Brewer's: Mellifluous Doctor

(The). St. Bernard, whose writings were called a “river of Paradise.” (1091-1153.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MelonMell Supper A B C D E F G H I…

Brewer's: Knipperdollings

A set of German heretics about the time of the Reformation, disciples of a man named Bernard Knipperdolling. (Blount: Glossographia, 1681.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Brewer's: Mandeville

(Bernard de). A licentious Deistical writer, author of The Virgin Unmasked, and Free Thoughts on Religion, in the reign of George II. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Immaculate Conception

The dogma that the Virgin Mary was conceived without Original sin. This dogma was first broached by St. Bernard, and was stoutly maintained by Duns Scotus and his disciples, but was not…

Brewer's: River of Paradise

St. Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, “the Last of the Fathers,” was so called. (1091-1153.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894River Flowing from the Ocean…

Brewer's: Palissy Ware

Dishes and other similar articles covered with models from nature of fish, reptiles, shells, flowers, and leaves, most carefully coloured and in high relief, like the wares of Della Robbia…

1990 Gramophone Awards

Benjamin BrittenArchive PhotosJohann Sebastian BachArchive PhotosBaroque VocalBach, St. Matthew Passion, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists (Archiv)…