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Brewer's: King of Metals
Gold, which is not only the most valuable of metals, but also is without its peer in freedom from alloy. It is got without smelting; wherever it exists it is visible to the eye; and it…Brewer's: King of Misrule
Sometimes called LORD, and sometimes ABBOT, etc. At Oxford and Cambridge one of the Masters of Arts superintended both the Christmas and Candlemas sports, for which he was allowed a fee of…Brewer's: King Mob
The “ignobile vulgus.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King PétaudKing-maker 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 Z…Brewer's: King of Painters
A title assumed by Parrhasios, the painter, a contemporary of Zeuxis. Plutarch says he wore a purple robe and a golden crown. (Flourished 400 B.C.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: King of the Peak
(The). Sir George Vernon. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of the SeaKing of the Jungle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V…Brewer's: King Pétaud
The court of King Pétaud. A kind of Alsatia, where all are talkers with no hearers, all are kings with no subjects, all are masters and none servants. There was once a society of beggars…Brewer's: King of Preachers
Louis Bourdaloue, a French clergyman (1632-1704). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of RomeKing of Painters A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…Brewer's: King of Rome
A title conferred by Napoleon I. on his son on the day of his birth. More generally called the Duke of Reichstadt (1811-1832). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: King Ryence
of North Wales, sent a dwarf to King Arthur to say “he had overcome eleven kings, all of which paid him homage in this sort viz. they gave him their beards to purfell his mantle. He now…Brewer's: King of the Sea
(The). The herring. “The head of an average-sized whale is from fifteen to sixteen feet [about one-third the length], and the lips open some six or eight feet; yet to such a mouth there is…Trending
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