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Brewer's: Physignathos

[one who swells the checks]. King of the Frogs, and son of Pelus [mud], slain by Troxartas, the Mouse-king. Great Physignathos I, from Peleus' race, Begot in fair Hydromede's embrace.…

Brewer's: Psycarpax

[granary thief]. Son of Troxartas, King of the Mice. The Frogking offered to carry the young prince over a lake, but scarcely had he got midway when a water-hydra appeared, and King Frog,…

Brewer's: Bardolph

One of Falstaff's inferior officers. Falstaff calls him “the knight of the burning lamp,” because his nose was so red, and his face so “full of meteors.” He is a low-bred, drunken…

Brewer's: Chat

Nid d'une souris dans Voreille d'un chat. A mare's nest. This French phrase is the translation of a line in Wynkyn de Worde's Amusing Questions, printed in English in 1511. “Demand: What…

You’ve Got Spam: How to “Can” Unwanted Email

Source: Federal Trade Commission. As more people use email, marketers are increasingly using email messages to pitch their products and services. Some consumers find unsolicited commercial email—also…

San Diego, Calif.

Mayor: Kevin Faulconer (to Jan. 2017)2010 census population (rank): 1,307,402 (8); Male: 660,626 (50.5%); Female: 646,776 (49.5%); White: 769,971 (58.9%); Black: 87,949 (6.7%); American…

Old Sultan

Old Sultan A shepherd had a faithful dog, called Sultan, who was grown very old, and had lost all his teeth. And one day when the shepherd and his wife were standing together before the house…

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: 1785

by Robert Burns 178417861785ContentsEpistle To Davie, A Brother PoetHoly Willie's PrayerEpitaph On Holy WillieDeath and Doctor HornbookEpistle To J. Lapraik, An Old Scottish BardSecond Epistle To J…