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Brewer's: Finger
(Anglo-Saxon, finger). The ear finger, digitus auricularis—i.e. the little finger. The four fingers are the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the ear finger. In French…Brewer's: Jew
The Wandering Jew. (1) Said to be KHARTAPH'ILOS, Pilate's porter. When the officers were dragging Jesus out of the hall, Kartaphilos struck Him with his fist in the back, saying, “Go…Guide to Spelling: Hooked on Phonics: Follow the Rules! Spelling Rules
Follow the Rules! Spelling RulesGuide to Spelling: Hooked on PhonicsIntroductionIf U Cn Reed This …Quick and Dirty Tricks of the TradeAttaching Prefixes and Suffixes: Bits and PiecesContractions:…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epistle To Robert Graham, Esq., Of Fintry
by Robert Burns The Fete ChampetreSong.-The Day ReturnsEpistle To Robert Graham, Esq., Of Fintry Requesting a Favour When Nature her great master-piece design'd, And fram'…William Shakespeare: As You Like It, Act III, Scene II
Scene IIThe forestEnter Orlando, with a paperOrlandoHang there, my verse, in witness of my love: And thou, thrice-crowned queen of night, survey With thy chaste eye, from thy pale sphere…Walt Whitman: Fancies at Navesink
Fancies at NavesinkThe Pilot in the MistSteaming the northern rapids—(an old St. Lawrence reminiscence, A sudden memory-flash comes back, I know not why, Here waiting for the sunrise, gazing…Lewis Carroll: CANTO IV—Hys Nouryture
CANTO IV—Hys Nouryture“Oh, when I was a little Ghost, A merry time had we! Each seated on his favourite post, We chumped and chawed the buttered toast They gave us for our tea.”“That story is…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: 1789
by Robert Burns 178817901789ContentsRobin Shure In HairstOde, Sacred To The Memory Of Mrs. Oswald Of AuchencruivePegasus At WanlockheadSappho Redivivus-A FragmentSong-She's Fair And FauseImpromptu…Brewer's: Venus
Love; the goddess of love; courtship. Copper was called Venus by the alchemists. (See Aphrodite) “Venus smiles not in a house of tears.” Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, iv.l. Venus is the…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Tam Samson's Elegy
by Robert Burns Masonic SongEpistle To Major LoganTam Samson's Elegy An honest man's the noblest work of God-Pope. When this worthy old sportman went out, last muirfowl season…