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Aesop's Fables: The Butcher and His Customers

by Aesop The Eagle and the FoxHercules and MinervaThe Butcher and His Customers Two Men were buying meat at a Butcher's stall in the market-place, and, while the Butcher's back was turned…

Brewer's: Gods

BRITONS. The gods of the ancient Britons. Taramis (the father of the gods and master of thunder), Teutates (patron of commerce and inventor of letters), Esus (god of war), Belinus (=…

Brewer's: Lion

(as an agnomen). ALP ARSLAN [the Valiant Lion, son of Togrul Beg, the Perso-Turkish monarch. (Reigned 1063-1072.) ALI was called The Lion of God for his religious zeal and great courage.…

Peter Ustinov 2004 Deaths

Peter UstinovAge: 82 singular writer, director, and actor whose intelligence and charming wit graced his books, plays, and films. He wrote the plays Romanoff and Juliet and The Unknown…

Aesop's Fables: The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox

by Aesop The Quack DoctorHercules and PlutusThe Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox A Lion, infirm with age, lay sick in his den, and all the beasts of the forest came to inquire after his health…

Jean Noel DESTRÉHAN, Congress, LA (1754-1823)

Senate Years of Service: 1812-1812 Party: Unknown DESTRÉHAN Jean Noel , a Senator from Louisiana; born in 1754 in that section of Louisiana which became the St. Charles Parish; engaged in…

Dame Agatha Christie Biography

Dame Agatha Christiemystery writerBorn: 9/15/1890Birthplace: England British mystery writer and playwright with more than 80 novels to her credit. Most of her books featured either Hercule…

Anthony Quinn Biography

Anthony Quinn(Antonio Quiñones)actorBorn: 4/21/1915Birthplace: Chihuahua, Mexico This Irish-Mexican actor first appeared on film in 1936. After a long succession of bit parts, he won two Oscars (Viva…

The Character of Holland

The Character of Holland Holland, that scarce deserves the name of Land, As but th'Off-scouring of the Brittish Sand; And so much Earth as was contributed By English Pilots when they heav'd…

Walt Whitman: Salut au Monde!, Part 6

Part 6I see the site of the old empire of Assyria, and that of Persia, and that of India, I see the falling of the Ganges over the high rim of Saukara.I see the place of the idea of the…