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Brewer's: Passelyon
A young foundling brought up by Morgane la Fée. He was detected in an intrigue with Morgane's daughter, and the adventures of this amorous youth are related ìn the romance called…Brewer's: Pancake
(2 syl.) is a pudding or “cake” made in a frying-pan. It was originally to be eaten after dinner, to stay the stomachs of those who went to be shriven. The Shrove-bell was called the…1999 Senior PGA Tour Results
1999 Last Rd Tournament Winner Earnings Runner-Up Jan. 24 MasterCard Championship John Jacobs (203) $185,000 J. Colbert & R. Floyd (206) Jan. 31@ Senior Skins…Black Baseball Players
Notable African-American Baseball Players Satchel Paige Browse more African-American biographies by category: A-Z List Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders…The Hunting of the Snark: The Baker's Tale
The Bellman's Speech The Hunting The Baker's Tale They roused him with muffins—they roused him with ice— They roused him with mustard and cress— They roused him with jam and…Brewer's: Alasnam
Alas′nam Alasnam's lady.In the Arabian Nights' Tales Alasnam has eight diamond statues, but had to go in quest of a ninth more precious still, to fill the vacant pedestal. The prize was…Brewer's: Love-lock
A small curl gummed to the temples, sometimes called a beau or bow catcher. When men indulge in a curl in front of their ears, the love-lock is called a bell-rope- i.e. a rope to pull the…Brewer's: Low Church
The Times defines a Low Churchman as one “who loves a Jew and hates the Pope.” We now call a Calvinistic episcopalian one of the Low Church because he holds “church rituals” and the dogma…Brewer's: Gall of Pigeons
The story goes that pigeons have no gall, because the dove sent from the ark by Noah burst its gall out of grief, and none of the pigeon family have had a gall ever since. For sin' the…Brewer's: Sancha
Daughter of Garcias, King of Navare, and wife of Fernan Gonsalez of Castile. She twice saved the life of the count her husband, once on his road to Navarre, being waylaid by personal…