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Oronsay
(Encyclopedia) OronsayOronsayôˈrənsā, ŏˈrənzā [key], island, 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km), Argyll and Bute, NW Scotland, one of the Inner Hebrides. The island contains ruins of a 14th-century priory, a…The Devil's Dictionary: Grave
by Ambrose Bierce GRAPESHOTGRAVITATIONGRAVE -n. A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student. Beside a lonely grave I stood — With brambles 'twas…Brewer's: Patrick's Grave
(St.), in the yard of Downpatrick cathedral. The visitor is shown a spot where some of the mould has been removed, and is told that pilgrims take away a few grains as a charm, under the…Brewer's: Grave as a Judge
Sedate and serious in look and manner. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Grave as an OwlGrave Searchers A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Grave as an Owl
Having an aspect of solemnity and wisdom. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894GravelledGrave as a Judge A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Grave-diggers
(Hamlet). “If the water come to the man ...” The legal case referred to by Shakespeare occurred in the fifth year of Queen Elizabeth's reign, called Hales v. Petit, stated at length in…Brewer's: Grave Maurice
A public-house sign. The head of the [Graf Moritz], Prince of Orange, and Captain-General of the United Provinces (1567-1625). ( Hotten: Book of Signs.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Grave Searchers
Monkir and Nakir, so called by the Mahometans. (Ockley, vol. ii.) (See Monkir.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Grave as a JudgeGrave Maurice A B C D E…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn
by Robert Burns Dainty DavieBehold The Hour, The Boat ArriveRobert Bruce's March To Bannockburn Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to…Kurapaty
(Encyclopedia) Kurapaty, wooded area, northern outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, site of the execution of thousands of Belarussians and others by Soviet secret police between 1937 and 1941. The official…Trending
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