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The devil. (See Harry.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Old HumphreyOld Hands 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…Jones, Henry Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Jones, Henry Arthur, 1851–1929, English playwright. His reputation was first established with the melodrama The Silver King (with Henry Herman; 1882). Strongly influenced by the great…Cavendish
(Encyclopedia) CavendishCavendishkăvˈəndĭsh [key], pseud. of Henry Jones, 1831–99, English card game expert. Jones studied medicine, practiced in London, and retired in 1868. He became a leading…Brewer's: Bluff Harry
or Hal. Henry VIII., so called from his bluff and burly manners (1491, 1509-1547.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BlunderboreBluff A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Blind Harry
A Scotch minstrel of the fifteenth century. His epic of Sir William Wallace runs to 11,861 lines. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blind HedgeBlind Ditch A B…Brewer's: Great Harry
(The). A man-of-war built by Henry VII., the first of any size constructed in England. It was burnt in 1553. (See Henry Grace De Dieu.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Box Harry
(To ), among commercial travellers, is to shirk the table d'hôte and take something substantial for tea, in order to save expense. Halliwell says, “to take care after having been…Brewer's: Harry Soph
A student at Cambridge who has “declared” for Law or Physic, and wears a full-sleeve gown. The word is a corruption of the Greek Heri-sophos (more than a Soph or common second-year student…Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen of Scots) Biography
Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen of Scots)queen of ScotlandBirthplace: Linlithgow, ScotlandBorn: 1542Died: 1587Marx, Zeppo MMasaccio,Trending
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