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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Terminology: G
by Robert Burns FHG Gab, the mouth. Gab, to talk. Gabs, talk. Gae, gave. Gae, to go. Gaed, went. Gaen, gone. Gaets, ways, manners. Gairs,…Brewer's: Reason
The Goddess of Reason, November 10th, 1793. Mlle. Candeille, of the Opéra, was one of the earliest of these goddesses, but Mme. Momoro, wife of the printer, the Goddess of Liberty, was the…Brewer's: Piccadilly
(London). So called from Piccadilla Hall, the chief depôt of a certain sort of lace, much in vogue during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The lace was called piccadilly lace, from its little…Brewer's: Brown Bess
means brown barrel. The barrels were browned to keep them from rusting. (Dutch, bus, a gun-barrel; Low German, büsse; Swedish, byssa. Our arquebus, blunderbuss.) In 1808 a process of…Brewer's: Christian Traditions
connected with natural objects. 1. Birds, Beasts, and Fishes. The Ass: Cross on the back. (See Ass.) Bunting. (See Yellowhammer.) The Crossbill has nothing to do with the Christian…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Peter Bell, Death
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Prologue The Devil Death And Peter Bell, when he had been With fresh-imported Hell-fire warmed, Grew serious—from his dress and mien 'Twas very plainly to be seen…Colorado Springs, Colo.
Mayor: John Suthers (to 2019)2010 census population (rank): 416,427 (41); % change: 28.4; Male: 203,944 (49.0%); Female: 212,483 (51.0%); White: 328,326 (78.8%); Black: 26,253 (6.3%); American Indian…Biographies: Notable Explorers
Notable Explorers Christopher Columbus See also Columbus and Other Explorers Notable Women Adventurers People in the News Recent Obituaries Related Links Quiz: Explorers Quiz: Women…Anne Bradstreet: Youth
Youth My goodly clothing and beauteous skin Declare some greater riches are within, But what is best I'll first present to view, And then the worst, in a more ugly hue, For thus to do we on…Civil War Weapons
From rocks to rifles, find out how Civil War soldiers armed themselves By Catherine McNiff reenactor firing an 1858 Enfield musket Related Links Uniforms of the Civil War Civil War…Trending
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