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Walt Whitman: A Boston Ballad [1854]
A Boston Ballad [1854]To get betimes in Boston town I rose this morning early, Here's a good place at the corner, I must stand and see the show.Clear the way there Jonathan! Way for the…2002 Gramophone Awards
Record of the Year and Orchestral Saint-Saëns, Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra, Stephen Hough/City of Birmingham Symphony…Brewer's: Brother German
A real brother. (Latin, germanus, of the same stock; germen, a bud or sprout.) “Te in germani fratris dilexi loco.” —Terence Andria, I. 5, 58. A uterine brother is a brother by the mother'…Brewer's: United States
The thirty-six states of North America composing the Federal Republic. Each state is represented in the Federal Congress by two senators, and a number of representatives proportionate to…Brewer's: Wild
(Jonathan), the detective, born at Wolverhampton, in Staffordshire. He brought to the gallows thirty-five highwaymen, twenty-two housebreakers, and ten…Brewer's: Jonas
in Dryden's satire of Absalom and Achitophel, is meant for Sir William Jones, Attorney-General, who conducted the prosecution of the Popish Plot (June 25th, 1674); not the great Oriental…Brewer's: Jonc
(French). A wedding-ring; so called because those who were married by compulsion at Ste. Marine wore rings of jonc or straw. “C'est dans l'église de Ste. Marine que l'on marie ceux que l'…World Cup 2010 US Team Roster
The following table lists the members of the 2010 US World Cup Team. Position Player (number) Goalkeeper Tim Howard (1) Goalkeeper Brad Guzan (18) Goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann (23…Independents' Daze
Though respectably reviewed, Winfrey's cinematic endeavors were anything but Beloved by theatergoers. John Waters' Pecker Speaking of talk show audiences, that substantial demographic didn't…Brewer's: Yankee
A corruption of “English.” The word got into general use thus: In 1713 one Jonathan Hastings, a farmer at Cambridge, in New York, used the word as a puffing epithet, meaning genuine,…Trending
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