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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Battle Of Sherramuir
by Robert Burns Highland Harry Back AgainThe Braes O' KilliecrankieThe Battle Of Sherramuir Tune-"The Cameronian Rant." "O cam ye here the fight to shun, Or herd the sheep…Several New Sports Debut at the 2014 Winter Olympics
New events promise to add cool factor to the Games Related Links 2014 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia: Ancient OlympicsConcerned…Brewer's: Southampton's Wise Sons
In the early part of the present century, the people of Southampton cut a ditch for barges between Southampton and Red-bridge; but as barges could go without paying dues through the “…Brewer's: Strangers Sacrificed
It is said that Busiris, King of Egypt, sacrificed to his gods all strangers that set foot on his territories. Diomed, King of Thrace, gave strangers to his horses for food. (See Diomedes…Brewer's: Luds Town
London; so called from Lud, a mythical king of Britain. Ludgate is, by a similar tradition, said to be the gate where Lud was buried. (See London.) “And on the gates of Lud's town set your…Brewer's: Pepper
To pepper one well. To give one a good basting or thrashing. To take pepper i' the nose. To take offence. The French have a similar locution, “La moutarde lui monte au nez.” “Take you…Brewer's: Pantomime
(3 syl.), according to etymology, should be all dumb show, but in modern practice it is partly dumb show and partly grotesque speaking. Harlequin and Columbine never speak, but Clown and…Brewer's: Gath
(g hard), in Dryden's satire of Absalom and Achitophel, means Brussels, where Charles II. long resided while he was in exile. Had thus old David [Charles II.] ... Not dared, when fortune…Brewer's: Kiss given to a Poet
Margaret, daughter of James I. of Scotland and wife of Louis XI. (when only dauphin), kissed the mouth of Alain Chartier “for uttering so many fine things.” Chartier, however, was a…Brewer's: Hell Kettles
Cavities three miles long, at Oxen-le-Field, Durham. A, B, C communicate with each other, diameter, about 38 yards. The diameter of D, a separate cave, is about 28 yards. A is 19 feet 6…Trending
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