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Brewer's: Faint

Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. “The bold a way will find or make.” King: Orpheus and Eurydice. “Faint harts faire ladies neuer win.” (1569.) Philobiblion Society's Publications (1827…

2004 Deaths: R - Z

Nuha al-RadiJohnny RamoneTony RandallDavid RaskinRonald ReaganChristopher ReeveDavid ReimerAlexandra RipleyLaurance RockefellerMarvin RunyonJohn SackFrançoise SaganPierre SalingerIsabel…

Brewer's: Hind

Emblematic of St. Giles, because “a heaven-directed hind went daily to give him milk in the desert, near the mouth of the Rhone.” (See Hart.) The hind of Sertorius. Sertorius was invited…

Brewer's: Seven Champions of Christendom

is by Richard Johnson, who lived in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. (1) St. George of England was seven years imprisoned by the Almidor, the black King of Morocco. (2) St. Denys of…

The Wing Dynasty

Detroit coach Scotty Bowman hoists the Stanley Cup after his Red Wings completed a four-game sweep of the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1997 Cup Finals.Wide World Photos Well it happened again.…