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Helen Gray Cone: The Ride to the Lady

The Ride to the LadyHelen Gray Cone"Now since mine even is come at last, — For I have been the sport of steel, And hot life ebbeth from me fast, And I in saddle roll and reel, — Come bind me…

Brewer's: Morris Dance

brought to England in the reign of Edward III., when John of Gaunt returned from Spain. In the dance, bells were jingled, and staves or swords clashed. It was a military dance of the Moors…

2004–2005 Daytime Emmy Awards

The 2004–2005 Daytime Emmy Awards were presented on May 20, 2005, at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. Outstanding Drama Series…

Brewer's: Manduce

(2 syl.). the idol Gluttony, venerated by the Gastrolaters, people whose god was their belly. “It is a monstrous ... figure, fit to frighten little children; its eyes are bigger than its…

A Christmas Carol: The End of It

The Last of the Spirits The End of It YES! and the bedpost was his own. The bed was his own, the room was his own. Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make…

Adam, the first man, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) AdamAdamădˈəm [key], [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female, giving them dominion over…

Amy Lowell: The Bombardment

The BombardmentSlowly, without force, the rain drops into the city. It stops a moment on the carved head of Saint John, then slides on again, slipping and trickling over his stone cloak. It…