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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Poem On Pastoral Poetry
by Robert Burns On Glenriddell's Fox Breaking His ChainVerses On The Destruction Of T...Poem On Pastoral Poetry Hail, Poesie! thou Nymph reserv'd! In chase o' thee, what crowds…Home Run Derby for Baseball's 2000 Season
Results of the All-Star Home Run Derby at Turner Field, Atlanta, Ga. on July 10. Avg. refers to the average distance traveled by the home runs, in feet. First Round No. Long Sammy Sosa…Nick's Time Travel Essay
Crossing the Delaware with George Washington Related Links American Revolution How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay…vineyard
(Encyclopedia) vineyard, land on which cultivation of the grape—known as viticulture—takes place. As many as 40 varieties of grape, Vitis vinifera, are known. The few that grow wild are generally not…The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
by W. B. Yeats This BookBelief and UnbeliefA Teller of Tales Many of the tales in this book were told me by one Paddy Flynn, a little bright-eyed old man, who lived in a leaky and one-…Brewer's: Blind old Man of Scio's rocky Isle
Homer is so called by Byron in his Bride of Abydos. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blind MagistrateBlind Hedge A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Brewer's: Ajax (the Greater)
King of Salamis, a man of giant stature, daring, and self-confident. Generally called Telamon Ajax, because he was the son of Telamon. When the armour of Hector was awarded to Ulysses…Brewer's: Bonus
A bounty over and above the interest of a share in any company. (Latin, bonus quæstus, a good profit or bounty. The interest or fruit of money put out in an investment was by the Romans…Brewer's: Odyssey
The poem of Homer which records the adventures of Odysseus (Ulysses) in his home-voyage from Troy. The word is an adjective formed out of the hero's name, and means the things or…Brewer's: Esculapios
(Latin, Esculapius). A disciple of Esculapius means a medical student. Esculapian, medical. Esculapios, in Homer, is a “blameless physician,” whose sons were the medical attendants of the…