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Brewer's: Berthe au Grand Pied
Mother of Charlemagne, and great granddaughter of Charles Martel; so called because she had a club-foot. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BertoldeBerthas A…Brewer's: Green Sleeves and Pudding Pies
This, like Maggie Lauder, is a scurrilous song, in the time of the Reformation, on the doctrines of the Catholic Church and the Catholic clergy. (See “John Anderson, my Jo.”) Source:…Brewer's: Hatto
Archbishop of Mainz, according to tradition, was devoured by mice. The story says that in 970 there was a great famine in Germany, and Hatto, that there might be better store for the rich…Edwin Ford Piper: Have you an Eye
Have you an EyeEdwin Ford PiperHave you an eye for the trails, the trails, The old mark and the new? What scurried here, what loitered there, In the dust and in the dew?Have you an eye…Edward J. O'Brien: The Last Piper
The Last PiperEdward J. O'BrienDark winds of the mountain, White winds of the sea, Are skirling the pibroch Of Seumas an Righ.The crying of gannets, The shrieking of terns, Are keening his…William PIPER, Congress, PA (1774-1852)
PIPER William , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at Bloody Run (now Everett), Bedford County, Pa., January 1, 1774; commanded a regiment during the War of 1812; adjutant general of…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: P
Selected Biographies A to Z 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 More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+…grebe
(Encyclopedia) grebegrebegrēb [key], common name for swimming birds found on or near quiet waters in most parts of the world. Grebes resemble the loon and the duck; they have short wings, vestigial…alliteration
(Encyclopedia) alliterationalliterationəlĭtˌərāˈshən [key], the repetition of the same starting sound in several words of a sentence. Probably the most powerful rhythmic and thematic uses of…Brewer's: Au Pied de la Lettre
(French). Literatim et verbatim; according to the strict letter of the text. ldquo;In reading au pied de la lettre the story of his [Buddha's] fatal illness supervened on a meal of dried…Trending
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