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Brewer's: John Thomas
A generic name for a flunkey; or footman with large calves and bushy whiskers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894John Drum's EntertainmentJohn Roberts A B C…Paine, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Paine, Thomas, 1737–1809, Anglo-American political theorist and writer, b. Thetford, Norfolk, England. The son of a working-class Quaker, he became an excise officer and was dismissed…Brewer's: Thomas the Rhymer
Thomas Learmont, of Ercildoune, a Scotchman, in the reign of Alexander III., and contemporary with Wallace. He is also called Thomas of Ercildoune. Sir Walter Scott calls him the “Merlin…Brewer's: Lord Thomas
and the Fair Annet or Elinor, had a lover's quarrel, when Lord Thomas resolved to forsake Annet for a nut-brown maid who had houses and lands. On the wedding-day Annet, in bridal bravery,…Safra, Jacob E.
(Encyclopedia) Safra, Jacob E.: see under Safra, family.Bates, H. E.
(Encyclopedia) Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest Bates), 1905–74, English author, b. Rushden, Northamptonshire. During World War II he served with the Royal Air Force. A good storyteller, Bates had the…Proulx, E. Annie
(Encyclopedia) Proulx, E. Annie (Edna Annie Proulx)Proulx, E. Anniepr&oomacr; [key], 1935–, American writer, b. Norwich, Conn., grad. Univ. of Vermont (B.A., 1969), Sir George Williams (now…Doctorow, E. L.
(Encyclopedia) Doctorow, E. L. (Edgar Lawrence Doctorow)Doctorow, E. L.dŏkˈtərōˌ [key], 1931–2015, American novelist, b. New York City. The author of a dozen novels, Doctorow is known for his…Gombrich, E. H.
(Encyclopedia) Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich), 1909–2001, British art historian and scholar, b. Vienna, grad. Univ. of Vienna (1933). From a culturally prominent Austrian-Jewish family,…Housman, A. E.
(Encyclopedia) Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward Housman)Housman, A. E.housˈmən [key], 1859–1936, English poet and scholar, whose verse exerted a strong influence on later poets. He left Oxford without a…Trending
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