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That Darn Cat
Director: Bob SpiersWriters: S.M. Alexander and L.A. KaraszewskiDirector of Photography:Jerzy ZielinskiEditor:Roger BartonMusic:Richard Kendall GibbsProduction Designer:Jonathan…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 2, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 1, 1806March 3, 1806March 2, 1806 Sunday March 2cd The diet of the sick is so inferior that they recover their strength but slowly. none of…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Terminology: C
by Robert Burns BDC Ca', call, knock, drive. Cadger, a hawker (especially of fish). Cadie, caddie, a fellow. Caff, chaff. Caird, a tinker. Calf-ward, grazing…Baron Munchausen: Voyage eastward-The Baron i...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe This is a very short chapte...A Second Trip to the Moon. Voyage eastward-The Baron i... Voyage eastward-The Baron introduces a friend who never deceived…Brewer's: Sethites
(2 syl.). A sect of the second century, who maintained that the Messiah was Seth, son of Adam. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Setting a HenSetebos A B C…Brewer's: Guinea Fowl
So called because it was brought to us from the coast of Guinea, where it is very common. “Notwithstanding their barsh cry ... I like the Guinea-fowl. They are excellent layers, and…Brewer's: Hemus
or Hæmus. A chain of mountains in Thrace. According to mythology, Hæmos, son of Boreas, was changed into a mountain for aspiring to divine honours. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Brewer's: Grey Friars
Franciscan friars, so called from their grey habit. Black friars are Dominicans, and White friars Carmelites. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Grey HenGrève…Brewer's: Kailyal
(2 syl.). The heroine of Southey's Curse of Keháma. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Kain HensKai-anians A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…Brewer's: Blue Guards
(The). So the Oxford Blues, now called the Royal Horse Guards, were called during the campaign in Flanders (1742 1745). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blue…