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Grace of My Heart

Director/Writer:Allison AndersDirector of Photography:Jan Yves EscoffierEditors:James Kwei and Harvey RosenstockMusic:Larry KleinProduction Designer:François SeguinProducers:Ruth Charny and…

Brewer's: Painter of the Graces

Andrea Appiani is so called. (1754-1817.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Painter of NaturePainter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

Brewer's: Good Graces

(To get into one's). To be in favour with. “Having continued to get into the good graces of the buxom widow.” —Dickens: Pickwick, chap. xiv. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Brewer's: Heart of Grace

(To take). To pluck up courage; not to be disheartened or down-hearted. This expression is based on the promise, “My grace is sufficient for thee” (2 Cor. xii. 9); by this grace St. Paul…

Brewer's: Herb of Grace

Rue is so called because of its use in exorcism, and hence the Roman Catholics sprinkle holy water with a bunch of rue. It was for centuries supposed to prevent contagion. Rue is the…

Brewer's: Grace Cup

or Loving Cup. The larger tankard passed round the table after grace. It is still seen at the Lord Mayor's feasts, at college, and occasionally in private banquets. The proper way of…

Brewer's: Grace Darling

daughter of William Darling, lighthouse-keeper on Longstone, one of the Farne Islands. On the morning of the 7th September, 1838, Grace and her father saved nine of the crew of the…

Brewer's: Grace Days

or Days of Grace. The three days over and above the time stated in a commercial bill. Thus, if a bill is drawn on the 20th June, and is payable in one month, it ought to be due on the 20th…

Brewer's: Grace's Card

or Grace-card. The six of hearts is so called in Kilkenny. At the Revolution in 1688, one of the family of Grace, of Courtstown, in Ireland, equipped at his own expense a regiment of foot…

Grace Kelly Biography

Grace Kellyactress, Princess of MonacoBorn: 11/12/1929Birthplace: Philadelphia Academy Award-winning film actress whose cool beauty launched her career in such films as The Country Girl (1954), Dial…