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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: 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: 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: Old Harry

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…

Harry Potter Facts

/* /*]]>*/ Since its publication in 1997, Harry Potter has taken the world by storm. The beloved book series has been turned into movies and an amusement park. How well do you really know the…

Ed Harris Biography

Ed Harris actorBorn: 11/28/1950Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey Highly respected, Oscar-nominated character actor who has played both the hero—John Glenn in The Right Stuff (1983)—and the…

Julie Harris Biography

Julie HarrisactressBorn: 12/2/1925Birthplace: Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan Tony Award-winning stage, film and television actress who is one of Broadway's most respected actresses. Her stage roles…

Harry Belafonte Biography

Harry Belafontesinger, actor, producerBorn: 3/1/1927Birthplace: New York City The son of Caribbean-born immigrants, he became one of the most popular vocalists of the postwar era and also starred in…

Harry Duncan Biography

Harry Duncanprinter, editorBorn: 1917Birthplace: Keokuk, Iowa A skilled hand printer of literary works, he is well known for printing Robert Lowell's first book of poetry, The Land of…

Harry Morgan Biography

Harry Morgan(Harry Bratsburg)actorBorn: 4/10/1915Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Television and film character actor equally adept at dramatic and comic characterizations, Bratsburg originally wanted…