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Superheroes: The Next Generation

Ready or not here comes a new Superman, Spiderman, and Wonder Woman to a movie theater or television near you. By Jennie Wood Related Links Biographies of Animated Characters and…

February 2019 Current Events: US News

Top of Page World News | Science & Technology News | Disaster News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world…

Brewer's: Ale-silver

A yearly tribute paid to the corporation of London, as a licence for selling ale. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Ale-stakeAle Knight A B C D E F G H…

Brewer's: Last of the Greeks

Philopæoemen of Arcadia. (B.C. 253-183.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Last of the KnightsLast of the Goths A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

Brewer's: Grenade

(2 syl.). An explosive shell, weighing from two to six pounds, to be thrown by the hand. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Grenadier'Gregory Knights A B C D…

Brewer's: Ale-draper

a tapster. Ale-drapery, the selling of ale, etc. “No other occupation have I but to be an ale-draper.” —H.Chettle: Kind-harts' Dreame , 1592. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Jo's Boys

Louisa M. AlcottContentsTen Years LaterParnassusJo's Last ScrapeDanVacationLast WordsThe Lion and the LambJosie Plays MermaidThe Worm TurnsDemi SettlesEmil's ThanksgivingDan's ChristmasNat's…

William Shakespeare: King Lear, Act I, Scene III

Scene IIIThe Duke of Albany's palaceEnter Goneril, and Oswald, her stewardGonerilDid my father strike my gentleman for chiding of his fool?OswaldYes, madam.GonerilBy day and night he wrongs…

Brewer's: Carpocratians

Gnostics; so called from Carpocrates, who flourished in the middle of the second century. They maintained that the world was made by angels,- that only the soul of Christ ascended into…