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Pitcairn Islands Profile: History · Government · Economy · Population ¦ Pitcairn Islands Information Encyclopedia: Pitcairn Islands In-depth entries…Amy Lowell: Preface
PrefaceThis is a book of stories. For that reason I have excluded all purely lyrical poems. But the word "stories" has been stretched to its fullest application. It includes both narrative…The Mayflower Compact
On Sept. 6, 1620, the Mayflower, a sailing vessel of about 180 tons, started her memorable voyage from Plymouth, England, with about 1001 pilgrims aboard, bound for Virginia to establish a…Brewer's: Abigail
Ab′igail A lady's maid, or ladymaid. Abigail, wife of Nabal, who introduced herself to David and afterwards married him, is a well-known Scripture heroine (1 Samuel xxv 3). Abigail was a…Brewer's: Gyges' Ring
rendered the wearer invisible. Gyges, the Lydian, is the person to whom Candaules showed his wife naked. According to Plato, Gyges descended into a chasm of the earth, where he found a…Brewer's: Hares shift their Sex
It was once thought that hares are sexless, or that they change their sex every year. “Lepores omnes utrumque sexum habent.” Munsterus. Snakes that cast their coats for new, Cameleons…Brewer's: Ballads
“Let me make the ballads, and who will may make the laws.” Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, in Scotland, wrote to the Marquis of Montrose, “I knew a very wise man of Sir Christopher Musgrave's…Brewer's: Bever
A “drink” between meals. (Italian, bevere, to drink- our beverage; Latin, bibere—our im-bibe). At Eton they used to have “Bever days,” when extra beer and bread were served during the…Brewer's: Court Plaster
The plaster of which the court ladies made their patches. These patches, worn on the face, were cut into the shape of crescents, stars, circles, diamonds, hearts, crosses; and some even…Brewer's: Cockle Hat
A pilgrim's hat. Warburton says, as the chief places of devotion were beyond sea, or on the coasts, pilgrims used to put cockle-shells upon their hats, to indicate that they were pilgrims…Trending
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