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Brewer's: Leonnoys, Leonnesse
or Lyonesse. A mythical country, contiguous to Cornwall. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LeonoraLeonine Verses A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Brewer's: Wheal
or Huel means a tin-mine. (Cornwall.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894WheatearWhately A B C D E F G H I J K…William Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I, Scene II
Scene IIAthens. Quince's houseEnter Quince, Snug, Bottom, Flute, Snout, and StarvelingQuinceIs all our company here?BottomYou were best to call them generally, man by man, according to the…Salvation Army
(Encyclopedia) Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. The Salvation Army was founded by William Booth…Baron Munchausen: Introduction
by Rudolph Erich Raspe Travels of Baron MunchausenIntroduction It is a curious fact that of that class of literature to which Munchausen belongs, that namely of Voyages Imaginaires, the…Brewer's: Bellerus
Bellerium is the Land's End, Cornwall, the fabled land of the giant Bellerus. “Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus old.” Milton: Lycidas, 160. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Bible Christians
A Protestant sect founded in 1815 by William O'Bryan, a Wesleyan, of Cornwall; also called Bryanites (3 syl.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bible-…Brewer's: Lacedaemonians
(The). The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. So called because in 1777 their colonel made a long harangue, under heavy fire, on the Spartan discipline and military system. (See…Brewer's: Amiens
(3 syl.). The Peace of Amiens , March 27, 1802, a treaty signed by Joseph Bonaparte, the Marquis of Cornwallis, Azara, and Schimmelpenninck, to settle the disputed points between France,…Brewer's: Isolde
(2 syl.). Wife of King Mark, of Cornwall, who had an illicit affection for Sir Tristram, Mark's nephew. Isolde the White, Sir Tristram's wife. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Trending
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