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Brewer's: Wassailers
Those who join a wassail; revellers, drunkards. I should be loath To meet the rudenoss and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers…Brewer's: Silver Lining
The prospect of better days, the promise of happier times. The allusion is to Milton's Comus, where the lady lost in the wood resolves to hope on, and sees a “sable cloud turn forth its…Brewer's: Estotiland
An imaginary tract of land near the Arctic Circle in North America, said to have been discovered by John Scalvë, a Pole. The snow From cold Estotiland. Milton: Paradise Lost x. 685.…Brewer's: Eye of Greece
(The). Athens. “Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts.” Milton: Paradise Regained, book iv. 240. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Eye of the BalticEye…Brewer's: Meliboean; Dye
A rich purple. Meliboea, in Thessaly, was famous for the ostrum, a fish used in dyeing purple. A military vest of purple flowed, Lovelier than Meliboean. Milton: Paradise Lost, xi. 242.…Brewer's: Pandemonium
(A). A perfect pandemonium. A bear-garden for disorder and licentiousness. In allusion to the parliament of hell in Milton's Paradise Lost, book i. (Greek, pan daimon, every demon.) (See…Brewer's: Mulciber
—i.e. Vulcan. It is said that he took the part of Juno against Jupiter, and Jupiter hurled him out of heaven. He was three days in falling, and at last was picked up, half-dead and with…Marx Brothers Biography
Marx Brothers comedians Team of film, vaudeville and Broadway comedians known for surreal humor and ground-breaking movie comedy. They soon signed up with Paramount, making The Cocoanuts (1929…Professional Baseball: 1998-99 Season Recap
Big Apple Bliss Is there really anything left to say about the Yankees of the late nineties that hasn't already been said. Quite simply, they're good. Very good. The best ever? Well that's just…Brazil Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
Info Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign GovernmentsDate of Information: 08/10/2022[source] Pres. Jair Bolsonaro Vice Pres. Hamilton Mourão Chief of the Civilian Household…Trending
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