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Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Pericles, Prince of Tyre Pericles, Prince of Tyre, became a voluntary exile from his dominions, to avert the dreadful calamities which Antiochus, the wicked emperor of Greece, threatened to…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Exposition, Part 3

Part 3Responsive to our summons, Or rather to her long-nurs'd inclination, Join'd with an irresistible, natural gravitation, She comes! I hear the rustling of her gown, I scent the odor of…

John Keats: To * * * *

by JohnKeatsOn Receiving a Curious Shell, ...To HopeTo * * * * Hadst thou liv'd in days of old, O what wonders had been told Of thy lively countenance, And thy humid eyes that dance In the…

Brewer's: Baliverso

(in Orlando Furioso). The basest knight in the Saracen army. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BalkBalistraria A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

Brewer's: Balliol College

Oxford, founded in 1263, by John de Baliol, Knight (father of Baliol, King of Scotland). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BalloonBallet A B C D E F G H…

Brewer's: Bediver

A knight of the Round Table, and the butler of King Arthur. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BedlamBedfordshire A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

Brewer's: K.C.B

Knight Commander of the Bath. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894K.GK A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: K.G

Knight of the Garter. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894K.KK.C.B A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…