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The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: Vision, II
by Rabindranath Tagore IIIIII My husband at last had finished his medical course. He went away from Calcutta to a small town to practise as a doctor. There in the country I felt with…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Homer's Hymn to Venus
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Homer's Hymn to MinervaThe CyclopsHomer's Hymn to Venus Published by Garnett, "Relics of Shelley", 1862; dated 1818. Verses 1-55, with some omissions. Muse, sing…Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Leap-Frog
The Snow QueenThe ElderbushThe Leap-Frog A Flea, a Grasshopper, and a Leap-frog once wanted to see which could jump highest; and they invited the whole world, and everybody else besides…Brewer's: Bower Anchor
An anchor carried at the bow of a ship. There are two: one called the best bower, and the other the small bower. (To rhyme with flower.) “Starboard being the best bower, and port the small…Brewer's: Cast of the Eye
(A). A squint. One meaning of the word cast is to twist or warp. Thus, a fabric is said to “cast” when it warps; and seamen speak of “casting,” or turning the head of a ship on the tack…Brewer's: Hatchet
[Greek axine, Latin ascia, Italian accetta, French hachette, our hatchet and axe.) To bury the hatchet. (See Bury.) To throw the hatchet. To tell false-hoods. In allusion to an ancient…Brewer's: Eye of a Needle
Lady Duff Gordon, writing from Cairo, says: “Yesterday I saw a camel go through the eye of a needle —i.e. a low arched door of an enclosure. He must kneel and bow his head to go through,…Brewer's: Favours
Ribbons made into a bow; so called from being the favours bestowed by ladies on the successful champions of tournaments. (See True-Love Knot; Curry Favour) “Here, Fluellen; wear thou this…Brewer's: Fiddle
(Latin, fidis or fides). He was first fiddle. Chief man, the most distinguished of the company. To play second fiddle. To take a subordinate part. The allusion is to the leader of…Brewer's: Eglantine
(3 syl.). Daughter of King Pepin, and bride of her cousin Valentine, the brother of Orson. She soon died. (Valentine and Orson.) Madame Eglantine. The prioress in Chaucer's Canterbury…Trending
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