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Aesop's Fables: The Man and the Satyr

by Aesop The Lion and the Wild AssThe Image-SellerThe Man and the Satyr A Man and a Satyr became friends, and determined to live together. All went well for a while, until one day in…

The Old Man and His Grandson

The Old Man and His Grandson There was once a very old man, whose eyes had become dim, his ears dull of hearing, his knees trembled, and when he sat at table he could hardly hold the spoon,…

Aesop's Fables: The Weasel and the Man

by Aesop The Fisherman PipingThe Ploughman, the Ass, and the OxThe Weasel and the Man A Man once caught a Weasel, which was always sneaking about the house, and was just going to drown it…

Aesop's Fables: The Flea and the Man

by Aesop The Slave and the LionThe Bee and JupiterThe Flea and the Man A Flea bit a Man, and bit him again, and again, till he could stand it no longer, but made a thorough search for it,…

Aesop's Fables: The Man and the Lion

by Aesop The Walnut-TreeThe Tortoise and the EagleThe Man and the Lion A Man and a Lion were companions on a journey, and in the course of conversation they began to boast about their…

The Young Man From Atlanta

By:Horton FooteDirector:Robert FallsSets:Thomas LynchCostumes:David C. WoolardLighting:James F. IngallsMusic and Sound:Richard WoodburyOpened:3/97 at the Longacre TheaterCast:Rip Torn,…

Brewer's: Lazy Man's Load

One too heavy to be carried; so called because lazy people, to save themselves the trouble of coming a second time, are apt to over-load themselves. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

Brewer's: John Tamson's Man

a henpecked husband: one ordered here, and ordered there and ordered everywhere. Tameson —i.e. spiritless, the slave even of a Tame-son. “`The deil's in the wife!' said Cuddie. `Dye think…

Brewer's: Gray Man's Path

A singular fissure in the greenstone precipice near Ballycastle, in Ireland. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gray's InnGray Cloak A B C D E F G H I…

Brewer's: Green Man and Still

This public-house sign refers to the distillation of spirits from green herbs, such as peppermint cordial, and so on. The green man is the herbalist, or the greengrocer of herbs, and the…