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Brewer's: St. Leon

became possessed of the elixir of life, and the power of transmuting the baser metals into gold, but these acquisitions only brought him increased misery. (WilliamGoodwin: St Leon.)…

Brewer's: St. Lundi

(La). St. Monday. Monday spent by workmen in idleness. One of the rules enjoined by the Sheffield unionists was that no work should be permitted to be done on a Monday by any of their…

Brewer's: St. Monday

A holiday observed by journeyman shoemakers and other inferior mechanics, and well-to-do merchants. In the Journal of the Folk-lore Society, vol. i. p. 245, we read that, “While Cromwell's…

Brewer's: St. Simonism

The social and political system of St. Simon. He proposed the institution of a European parliament, to arbitrate in all matters affecting Europe, and the establishment of a social…

Brewer's: St. Stephen's

The Houses of Parliament are so called, because, at one time, the Commons used to sit in St. Stephen's Chapel. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894St. Stephen's…

Brewer's: St. Adrian

represented, in Christian art, with an anvil, and a sword or axe close by it. He had his limbs cut off on a smith's anvil, and was afterwards beheaded. St. Adrian is the patron saint of…

Brewer's: St. Agatha

Represented in Christian art with a pair of shears, and holding in her hand a salver, on which her breasts are placed. The reference is to her martyrdom, when her breasts were cut off by a…

Brewer's: Alban, St.

St. Alban, like St. Denis is represented as carrying his head between his hands. His attributes are a sword and a crown. St. Aphrodisius, St. Aventine, St. Desiderius. St. Chrysolius, St…

413 Hope St.

FoxThursday 9:00–10:00 p.m.; canceledCast: Richard Roundtree, Jesse Martin, Kelly Coffield, Shari Headley and Wendall Pierce Damon Wayans of Fox's In Living Color created this ensemble drama…

The Widow of St. Pierre

Director:Patrice LeconteWriter:Claude FaraldoLions Gate Films; R; 108 minutesRelease:3/01Cast:Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica French director Patrice Leconte believes in…