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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…

Biographies: Notable Economists

Notable Economists Beatrice Potter Webb See also Three Economists and Their Theories People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Overview of Economics GDP…

Percy MacKaye: Uriel

Uriel(In memory of William Vaughn Moody)Percy MacKayeIUriel, you that in the ageless sun Sit in the awful silences of light, Singing of vision hid from human sight, — Prometheus, beautiful…

William Shakespeare: Henry V, Act IV

Act IVPrologueEnter ChorusChorusNow entertain conjecture of a time When creeping murmur and the poring dark Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp through the foul womb of…

Brewer's: Boast of England

(The). Tom Thumb or Tom-a-lin. Richard Johnson, in 1599, published a “history of this ever-renowned soldier, the Red Rose Knight, surnamed The Boast of England, showing his honorable…

Brewer's: Bohort

(Sir). A knight of Arthur's Round Table, brother of Sir Lionel, and nephew of Lancelot of the Lake. Also called Sir Bors. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Bradamant

or Bradamante. Sister of Rinaldo, in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. She is represented as a most wonderful Christian Amazon, possessed of an irresistible spear, which unhorsed every knight…