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William Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I, Scene II
Scene IIThe sameEnter Sir Hugh Evans and SimpleSir Hugh EvansGo your ways, and ask of Doctor Caius' house which is the way: and there dwells one Mistress Quickly, which is in the manner of…Fourth- & Fifth-Graders Contribute Essays to Factmonster.com
Related Links How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay Grammar and Spelling Punctuation Sentences Ten Tips for Better…William Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor, Act IV, Scene IV
Scene IVA room in Ford's houseEnter Page, Ford, Mistress Page, Mistress Ford, and Sir Hugh EvansSir Hugh Evans'Tis one of the best discretions of a 'oman as ever I did look upon.PageAnd did…John Donne: Expostulation VI. Metuit
ExpostulationJohn Donne MY God, my God, I find in thy book that fear is a stifling spirit, a spirit of suffocation; that “Ishbosheth could not speak, nor reply in his own defence to Abner,…Brewer's: Luggnagg
An island mentioned in Gulliver's Travels, where people live for ever. Swift shows the evil of such a destiny, unless accompanied with eternal youth. (See Struldbrugs.) Source:…Brewer's: Lullian Method
A mechanical aid to the memory, by means of systematic arrangements of ideas and subjects, devised by Raymond Lully, in the thirteenth century. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…Brewer's: Whip-dog Day
October 18 (St. Luke's Day). Brand tells us that a priest about to celebrate mass on St. Luke's Day, happened to drop the pyx, which was snatched up by…Brewer's: Abraham's Bosom
The repose of the happy in death (Luke xvi.22). The figure is taken from the ancient custom of allowing a dear friend to recline at dinner on your bosom. Thus the beloved John reclined on…Brewer's: All-hallown Summer
The second summer, or the summerly time which sets in about All-Hallows-tide. Called by the French, L'été de St. Martin (from October 9th to November 11th). Also called St. Luke's Summer (…Brewer's: Hudibras
Said to be a caricature of Sir Samuel Luke, a patron of Samuel Butler. The Grub'Street Journal (1731) maintains it was Colonel Rolle, of Devonshire, with whom the poet lodged for some time…Trending
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