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Brewer's: Paul Pry
An idle, meddlesome fellow, who has no occupation of his own, and is always interfering with other folk's business. (John Poole: Paul Pry, a comedy.) The original was Thomas Hill. Source…Brewer's: Philadelphia Stones
called Christian Bones. It is said that the walls of Philadelphia, in Turkey, were built of the bones of Christians killed in the Holy Wars. This idle tale has gained credit from the…Brewer's: Proletariat
Commonalty. (See Proletaire.) “Italy has a clerical aristocracy, rich, idle, and corrupt; and a clerical proletariat, needy and grossly ignorant.” —The Times. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Dolce far Niente
(Italian). Delightful idleness. Pliny has “Jucundum tamen nihil agere” (Ep. viii. 9). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DoldrumsDolabra A B C D E F G H…Brewer's: Fever-Iurdan
or Fever-lurgan. A fit of idleness. Lurden means a block-head. (French, lourd, heavy, dull, thick-headed; lourdand, a blockhead.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…1998-99 Boxing Junior Bantamweights <span class="rm" >(115 lbs)</span>
(Super Flyweights) Date Winner Loser Result Title Site Nov. 7 Victor Godoi Pedro Morquecho Ws 12 WBO Chubut, ARG Dec. 23 Jesus Rojas Satoshi Iida Wu 12…John Donne: A Valediction of My Name, in the Window
A Valediction of My Name, in the WindowI My name engraved herein Doth contribute my firmness to this glass, Which ever since that charm hath been As hard, as that which…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 17, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 16, 1804May 18, 1804May 17, 1804 Thursday the 17th 1804 a fine Day 3 men Confined for misconduct, I had a Court martial & punishment…Ralp Waldo Emerson: The Poet, I
IRight upward on the road of fame With sounding steps the poet came; Born and nourished in miracles, His feet were shod with golden bells, Or where he stepped the soil did peal As if the dust…Coleridge: Part II
Part IPart IIIPart II The Sun now rose upon the right: Out of the sea came he, Still hid in mist, and on the left Went down into the sea. And the good south wind still blew…Trending
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