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William Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I
Act IScene IVerona. An open placeEnter Valentine and ProteusValentineCease to persuade, my loving Proteus: Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. Were't not affection chains thy tender…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, April 10, 1806
Day 1314 Day 1316 Lewis, April 10, 1806 Thursday April 10th 1806. We set out early and droped down the channel to the lower end of brant Island from whence we drew them up the rapid by a…Genesis: 29
Genesis Chapter 29 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, April 10, 1806
Day 1315 Day 1317 Clark, April 10, 1806 Thursday April 10th 1806 Collins went out in the bottom to hunt agreeable to the order of last evening, and gibsons Crew was derected to delay for…Brewer's: Catgut
A contracted form of cattlegut, especially sheep. Another form is catling-gut, i.e. cattle-ing gut. In Gen. xxx. 40 we read that Jacob did separate “his own flocks by themselves, and put…Brewer's: Pecuniary
From pecus, cattle, especially sheep. Varo says that sheep were the ancient medium of barter and standard of value. Ancient coin was marked with the image of an ox or sheep. We have the…Brewer's: Moutons
Revenons à nos moutons. Return we to our subject. The phrase is taken from an old French play, called L' Avocat, by Patelin, in which a woolendraper charges a shepherd with stealing sheep…Movies and Film: Film Personnel: Gaffers, Grips, and Gofers
Film Personnel: Gaffers, Grips, and GofersMovies and FilmFilm Personnel: Gaffers, Grips, and GofersEmployment HistoryUnionsThe Job DescriptionsFilms Worth Viewing Who the heck are those people in…Cornwall, county, England
(Encyclopedia) Cornwall, county, SW England, administratively (since 2009) a unitary authority. Bodmin was the county seat, but the local government is…Karakalpakstan Republic
(Encyclopedia) Karakalpakstan RepublicKarakalpakstan Republickäˌrəkŭlpäkˈ [key], autonomous republic (1992 pop. 1,312,000), c.61,000 sq mi (158,000 sq km), W Uzbekistan, on the Amu Darya River. Nukus…