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U.S. Constitution Primer

Balancing the rights of the federal government, the states, and individuals by Shmuel Ross U.S. Constitution Quizzes The Legislative Branch (Article I) The Excutive and Judicial Branches…

The Alien Enemies Act

An Act respecting alien enemies Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That whenever there shall be a…

Brewer's: Oldbuck

An antiquary; from the character of Jonathan Oldbuck, a whimsical virtuoso in Sir Walter Scott's Antiquary. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894OldcastleOld Man…

Brewer's: Highwaymen

The four most celebrated are. — Claude Duval, who died 1670. James Whitney, who died 1694, at the age of 34. Jonathan Wild, of Wolverhampton (1682-1725) Jack Sheppard, of Spitalfields (…

Brewer's: Evaporate

(4 syl.). Be off; vanish into thin air. “Bob and Jonathan, with similar meekness, took their leave and evaporated.” —Dickens: Our Mutual Friend, part i. 6. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…

Brewer's: Pylades and Orestes

Two model friends, whose names have become proverbial for friendship, like those of Damon and Pythias, David and Jonathan. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Ivanovitch

A lazy, good-natured person, the national impersonation of the Russians as a people, as John Bull is of the English, Brother Jonathan of the Americans, Jean Crapaud of the French, and…