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Brewer's: Dickens

(See Boz.) Dickens is a perverted oath corrupted from “Nick.” Mrs. Page says - “I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.” - Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor, iii. 2. The three…

Brewer's: Auld Hornie

After the establishment of Christianity, the heathen deities were degraded by the Church into fallen angels; and Pan, with his horns, crooked nose, goat's beard, pointed ears, and goats'…

All-Time Scoring Leaders

All-Time Scoring Leaders(Through 2005)Rank PlayerTouch-downsPlayerPoints1.Jerry Rice208Gary Anderson2,4342.Emmitt Smith175Morten Andersen2,3583.Marcus Allen145George Blanda2,0024.Marshall…

1978 Radio & Records All-Time Charts

1978 Radio & Records All-Time ChartsPop Adult“Can't Smile Without You” Barry Manilow (Arista)“You Needed Me” Anne Murray (Capitol)“Just the Way You Are” Billy Joel (Columbia)“Reminiscing…

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Postcript

by Robert Burns Epistle To William SimsonOne Night As I Did WanderPostcript My memory's no worth a preen; I had amaist forgotten clean, Ye bade me write you what they mean…

1996 NBA Basketball Assist Leaders

Assists GmAstAvgMark Jackson, Ind8293511.4John Stockton, Utah8286010.5Kevin Johnson, Pho706539.3Jason Kidd, Pho554969.0Rod Strickland, Port827278.9Damon Stoudamire, Tor817098.8Tim Hardaway,…