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Brewer's: Jeannot
(French). One who is minutely great; one who exercises his talents and ingenuity on trifles; one who after great preparation at table to produce some mighty effect, brings forth only a…Brewer's: Welsh Rabbit
Cheese melted and spread over buttered toast. The word rabbit is a corruption of rare-bit. The Welshman he loved toasted cheese, Which made…2008 Academy Awards
The 2008 Academy Awards were presented on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners are in bold. Best Picture The Curious Case of…William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene IV
Scene IVPlains between Troy and the Grecian campAlarums: excursions. Enter ThersitesThersitesNow they are clapper-clawing one another; I'll go look on. That dissembling abominable varlets…Geronimo Stilton
Our favorite reporter in Mouse City! Related Links Geronimo Stiton's Rodent Gazette Geronimo Stiton Book ReviewsMeet the Staffof the Rodent Gazette!Infoplease Poll Who is your…William Shakespeare: Pericles, Act III
Act IIIPrologueEnter GowerGowerNow sleep y-slaked hath the rout; No din but snores the house about, Made louder by the o'er-fed breast Of this most pompous marriage-feast. The cat, with eyne…Reading on the Web
You're probably saying to yourself "Hey! I already know how to read!" But reading pages on the Web is very different from reading information in a book. When you read on the Web, you need…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: On Glenriddell's Fox Breaking His Chain
by Robert Burns The PosiePoem On Pastoral PoetryOn Glenriddell's Fox Breaking His Chain A Fragment, 1791. Thou, Liberty, thou art my theme; Not such as idle poets dream…Brewer's: Feeble
Most forcible Feeble. A writer whose language is very “loud,” but whose ideas are very jejune. Feeble is a “woman's tailor,” brought to Sir John Falstaff as a recruit. He tells Sir John “…Brewer's: Michel
or Cousin Michael. A German. Michel means a dolt; thus the French call a fool who allows himself to be taken in by thimble-rigs and card tricks mikel. In Old French the word mice occurs,…Trending
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