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Aesop's Fables: The Frogs Asking for a King

by Aesop The Boy and the FilbertsThe Olive-Tree and the Fig-TreeThe Frogs Asking for a King Time was when the Frogs were discontented because they had no one to rule over them: so they…

Brewer's: Cat may look at a King

(A). An insolent remark of insubordination, meaning, “I am as good as you”, or “Are you too mighty to be spoken to or looked at?” “You may wear stars and ribbons, and I may be dressed in…

Brewer's: Lyon King-of-Arms

Chief heraldic officer for Scotland; so called from the lion rampant in the Scottish regal escutcheon. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LyonnesseLynx-eyed A…

Brewer's: King's Hanoverian White Horse

(The). The 8th Foot; called the “King's Hanoverian” for their service against the Pretender in 1715, and called the “White Horse” from their badge; now called the “Liverpool Regiment.”…

Brewer's: Kings have Long Hands

Do not quarrel with a king, as his power and authority reach to the end of his dominions. The Latin proverb is, “An nescis longas regibus esse manus, ” and the German, “Mit grossen herren…

Brewer's: Kings may override Grammar

(See Grammar.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Kingly TitlesKings have Long Hands A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…

Brewer's: King's Own Scottish Borderers

(The). Raised by Leven when Claver-house rode out of Edinburgh. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894KingsKing's Hanoverian White Horse A B C D E F G H I…

Brewer's: Under which King, Bezonian?

Which horn of the dilemma is to be taken? (See Bezonian.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894UnderwriterUnder Weigh A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Team by Team Statistics: Sacramento Kings

GmMINFGFGAFG%FTFTAFT%3FG3GAORBTRBASTSTLTOBLKPFTptsPPGRPGAPGMitch Richmond8131257171578.454457531.8612044775931933811823724211209525.93.94.2Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf752131411924.445115136.…