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Cite On clear nights, you can see the trail of the Milky Way's spiral arms. Earth is located in the Orion Spur. As author Douglas Adams wisely observed, "Space is big. Really big." Everything that…Biographies: U.S. Military Leaders
U.S. Military Leaders Douglas MacArthur See also People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Military Personnel Veterans Memorial Day Veterans Day America's Wars: U.S.…William Shakespeare: Henry IV (Pt 1), Act III, Scene II
Scene IILondon. The palaceEnter King Henry IV, Prince Henry, and othersKing Henry IVLords, give us leave; the Prince of Wales and I Must have some private conference; but be near at hand, For…Brewer's: Black Doll
(A ). The sign of a marine store shop. The doll was a dummy dressed to indicate that cast-off garments were bought. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black…Brewer's: Black Flag
(A ) denotes a pirate, and is called the “Jolly Roger.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Black FlagsBlack Douglas A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Brewer's: Mother Country
One's native country, but the term applies specially to England, in relation to America and the Colonies. The inhabitants of North America, Australia, etc., are for the most part…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Ballad Third
by Robert Burns Ballad Second-Election DayInscription For An Altar Of IndependenceBallad Third John Bushby's Lamentation. Tune-"Babes in the Wood." 'Twas in the seventeen hunder…Brewer's: Bell-the-Cat
Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, was so called. James III. made favourites of architects and masons. One mason, named Cochrane, he created Earl of Mar. The Scotch nobles held a council in…Brewer's: Douse the Glim
Put out the light; also knock out a man's eye. To douse is to lower in haste, as “Douse the top-sail” Glim, gleam, glimmer, are variants of the same word. `And so you would turn honest,…Brewer's: Annie Laurie
was eldest of the three daughters of Sir Robert Laurie of Maxwellton, born December 16, 1682. William Douglas, of Fingland (Kirkcudbright), wrote the popular song, but Annie married, in…Trending
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