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Brewer's: Folly
Father of Folly (Abu Jahl), an aged chief, who led a hundred horse and seven hundred camels against Mahomet and fell at the battle of Bedr. His own people called him Father of Wisdom (Abu…Brewer's: Domesday Book
consists of two volumes, one a large folio, and the other a quarto, the material of each being vellum. It was formerly kept in the Exchequer, under three different locks and keys, but is…Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To HarrietTo -To Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin 1. Mine eyes were dim with tears unshed; Yes, I was firm—thus wert[1] not thou;— My baffled looks did fear[2] yet…Corresponding Members of the Anti-Slavery Convention of Women
List of Delegates to the Convention.Appendix.Corresponding Members.Amelia A. Bowen, Woodstock, Conn.Harriet A. Burleigh, Stonington, Conn.Maria M. Newhall, Lynn, Mass.C. Blackford…Brewer's: Clementina
(The Lady). In love with Sir Charles Grandison, who marries Harriet Biron. (Richardson: Sir Charles Grandison.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…2002 Tony (Antoinette Perry) Awards
The Tony Awards, honoring distinguished achievement in Broadway theater, were presented on June 2, 2002.Play: Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?Musical: Thoroughly Modern…Brewer's: Dance of Death
A series of woodcuts, said to be by Hans Holbein (1538), representing Death dancing after all sorts of persons, beginning with Adam and Eve. He is beside the judge on his bench, the priest…Brewer's: Ludgate
Stow says, “King Lud, repairing the city, called it after his name Lud's town; the strong gate which he built in the west part he likewise named Ludgate. In the year 1260 the gate was…Brewer's: Pigs
(See Bartholomew Pigs.) He has brought his pigs to a pretty market. He has made a very bad bargain; he has managed his business in a very bad way. Pigs were the chief articles of sale…Who Is Stuart Little?
The Story Behind Hollywood's Big Mouse by Holly Hartman After more than half a century as a quietly beloved literary figure, Stuart Little has become a cash cow of a mouse—the grinning, computer…Trending
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