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Poems by Emily Dickinson: A Man
Fire Ventures A Man Fate slew him, but he did not drop; She felled — he did not fall — Impaled him on her fiercest stakes — He neutralized them all. She stung him, sapped his…Brewer's: Man of Blood and Iron
(The). Otto von Bismarck (Prince Bismarck), called “man of blood” from his great war policy, and “iron” from his indomitable will. Many years Chancellor of Prussia and Germany. (Born…Brewer's: Man in the Iron Mask
(The). (See Iron Mask.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man in the MoonMan in Black 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…Brewer's: Man-of-War
(A). A Government fighting-ship. The term is not now often used. Man-of-war, or, Portuguese man-of-war. The nautilus. “Frank went to the captain and told him that Tom had given him leave…Brewer's: Man of the Third Republic
(The). Napoleon III. (1802, reigned 1852-70, died 1873). (M. Gambetta, 1838-1882.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of the WorldMan of the Sea A B C D…Brewer's: Man of Three Letters
(See Homo.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man-of-WarMan of the World 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 Related…Brewer's: John Tamson's Man
a henpecked husband: one ordered here, and ordered there and ordered everywhere. Tameson —i.e. spiritless, the slave even of a Tame-son. “`The deil's in the wife!' said Cuddie. `Dye think…Brewer's: Lazy Man's Load
One too heavy to be carried; so called because lazy people, to save themselves the trouble of coming a second time, are apt to over-load themselves. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Gray Man's Path
A singular fissure in the greenstone precipice near Ballycastle, in Ireland. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gray's InnGray Cloak A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Green Man and Still
This public-house sign refers to the distillation of spirits from green herbs, such as peppermint cordial, and so on. The green man is the herbalist, or the greengrocer of herbs, and the…Trending
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