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Brewer's: Before the Mast

To serve before the mast. To be one of the common sailors, whose quarters are in the forward part of the ship. The half-deck is the sanctum of the second mate, and, in Greenland fishers,…

Brewer's: Hypostatic Union

The union of two or more persons into one undivided unity, as, for example, the three persons of the eternal Godhead. The Greek hyposiasis corresponds to the Latin persona. The three…

Walt Whitman: A Song of Joys

A Song of JoysO to make the most jubilant song! Full of music—full of manhood, womanhood, infancy! Full of common employments—full of grain and trees.O for the voices of animals—O for the…

1999-2000 NBA Finals Box Scores Game 3

Attendance: 18,345; Time: 2:32; Officials: Ron Garretson, Bernie Fryer, Hugh Evans   1 2 3 4 F LA Lakers 15 27 24 25 — 91 Indiana 23 30 26 21 —100…

NBA Finals Box Scores: Game 6

Attendance: 18,997; Time: 2:46; Officials: Hugh Evans, Ron Garretson, Joe Crawford. 1 234FIndiana26302827—111LA Lakers24292637—116 FG FT Reb IndianaMin M-A M-A Pts O-T A PF Jalen Rose429…

2001-02 NBA Finals Box Scores Game 4

Date: June 12, 2002; Attendance: 19,296; Time: 2:24; Officials: Ted Bernhardt, Bernie Fryer, Eddie F. Rush.   1 2 3 4 F LA Lakers 27 31 26 29 —113 New Jersey…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Boston Hymn

Boston HymnRead in Music Hall, January 1, 1863The word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired…

Brewer's: Peter

(See Blue Peter.) Great Peter. A bell in York Minister, weighing 10 3/4 tons, and hung in 1845. Lord Peter. The Pope in Swift's Tale ej'a Tub. Rob Peter to pay Paul. (See Robbing.) St…