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William Shakespeare: King Lear, Act IV, Scene V
Scene VGloucester's castleEnter Regan and OswaldReganBut are my brother's powers set forth?OswaldAy, madam.ReganHimself in person there?OswaldMadam, with much ado: Your sister is the better…Baron Munchausen: A proclamation by the Baron...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe A feast on live bulls and k... The Baron sets all the peop... A proclamation by the Baron... A proclamation by the Baron-Excessive curiosity of the people…Brewer's: Margaret
Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, called the “Northern Semiramis” (1353, 1387-1412). Margaret. A simple, uncultured girl of wonderful witchery, seduced, at the age of fifteen, by Faust…William Shakespeare: Much Ado about Nothing, Act I
Act IScene IBefore Leonato's houseEnter Leonato, Hero, and Beatrice, with a MessengerLeonatoI learn in this letter that Don Peter of Arragon comes this night to Messina.MessengerHe is very…The P.C. and P.O.
The P.C. and P.O.As spring came on, a new set of amusements became the fashion, and the lengthening days gave long afternoons for work and play of all sorts. The garden had to be put in…William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act I, Scene VI
Scene VIBefore Macbeth's castleHautboys and torches. Enter Duncan, Malcolm, Donalbain, Banquo, Lennox, Macduff, Ross, Angus, and AttendantsDuncanThis castle hath a pleasant seat; the air…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's Labour's Lost
(Shakespeare). Ferdinand, King of Navarre, with the three lords, Biron', Longaville, and Dumain, make a vow to spend three years in study, during which time they bind themselves to look…Brewer's: Lybius
(Sir). A very young knight who undertook to rescue the lady of Sinadone. After overcoming various knights, giants, and enchanters, he entered the palace of the lady. Presently the whole…Brewer's: Duenna
[Lady ]. The female of don. The Spanish don is derived from the Latin dominus =a lord, a master. A duenna is the chief lady-in-waiting on the Queen of Spain; but in common parlance it…Trending
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