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Brewer's: Love in a Cottage
A marriage for love without sufficient means to maintain one's social status. However, “When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Idol Shepherd
(The), Zech, ii. 17. “Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth his flock.” Idol shepherd means self-seeking, counterfeit, pseudo; the shepherd that sets up himself to be worshipped by his…Brecht, Bertolt
(Encyclopedia) Brecht, BertoltBrecht, Bertoltbĕrˈtôlt brĕkht [key], 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet, b. Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht. His brilliant wit, his outspoken Marxism, and his…Brewer's: An Abbey-lubber
An idle, well-fed dependent or loafer. “It came into a common proverbe to call him an Abbay-lubber, that was idle, wel fed, a long, lewd, lither loiterer, that might worke and would not…Brewer's: Love me, Love my Dog
St. Bernard quotes this proverb in Latin, “Quo me amat, amat et canem meam, ” French, “Qui aime Pertrand, aime son chien ” Spanish, “Quién bién quiérs a beliram, bien quiére a su can.” (If…Work Stoppages (Strikes) 1950-2012
Strikes listed below involved 1,000 or more workers The following table shows the number of work stoppages (strikes), the number of workers involved, and how many days of work were lost due to…Brewer's: Idiot
meant originally a private person, one not engaged in any public office. Hence Jeremy Taylor says, “Humility is a duty in great ones, as well as in idiots” (private persons). The Greeks…Candide: Conclusion
What Manner Candide Found Mis... Conclusion Candide had, in truth, no great inclination to marry Miss Cunegund; but the extreme impertinence of the Baron determined him to conclude…The Song of Hiawatha: Hiawatha's Friends
Hiawatha's Fasting Hiawatha's Sailing Hiawatha's Friends Two good friends had Hiawatha, Singled out from all the others, Bound to him in closest union, And to whom he gave the…Sirach: 33
Sirach Chapter 33 1 There shall no evil happen unto him that feareth the Lord; but in temptation even again he will deliver him. 2 A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is…Trending
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