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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 21, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 20, 1805May 22, 1805May 21, 1805 Tuesday May 21st 1805 A delightfull morning set out at an early hour and proceeded on very well, imployed…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, June 29, 1806
Day 1482 Day 1484 Clark, June 29, 1806 Sunday June 29th 1806 We colected our horses and Set out haveing previously dispatched Drewyer & R. Field to the Warm Springs to hunt. we prosued…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epistle To Dr. Blacklock
by Robert Burns To Mary In HeavenThe Five CarlinsEpistle To Dr. Blacklock Ellisland, 21st Oct., 1789. Wow, but your letter made me vauntie! And are ye hale, and weel and…Brewer's: Beaux Yeux
(French). Beautiful eyes or attractive looks. “I will do it for your beaux yeux” (because you are so pretty, or because your eyes are so attractive). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Kick Up a Row
(To). To create a disturbance. “A pretty kick up” is a great disturbance. The phrase “To kick up the dust” explains the other phrases. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Kingdom Come
Death, the grave, execution. And forty pounds be theirs, a pretty sum, For sending such a rogue to kingdom come. Peter Pindar Subjects for Painters. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Jacob's Ladder
A ladder seen by the patriarch Jacob in a vision. It was set on the earth, and reached to heaven, and angels seemed to be ascending and descending on it (Gen. xxviii. 12). Jacob is, on…Brewer's: Ligurian Republic
(The). Venetia, Genoa, and a part of Sardinia, tied up in one bundle by Napoleon I. in 1797, and bound with a constitution similar to that of the French “Directory,” so called from Liguria…Brewer's: Child
at one time, meant a female infant, and was the correlative of boy. “Mercy on `s! A barne, a very pretty barne. A boy or a child, I wonder?” —Shakespeare: Winter's Tale, iii. 3. Source:…Brewer's: Cleaned Out
Impoverished of everything. De Quincey says that Richard Bentley, after his lawsuit with Dr. Colbatch, “must have been pretty well cleaned out.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…Trending
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