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Brewer's: Sang Bleu
Of high aristocratic descent. The words are French, and mean blue blood, but the notion is Spanish. The old families of Spain who trace their pedigree beyond the time of the Moorish…Sacks
AFCNoMichael Sinclair, Sea.16.5Michael McCrary, Bal.14.5Derrick Thomas, KC12.0Jason Gildon, Pit.11.0Lance Johnstone, Oak.11.0Trace Armstrong, Mia.10.5Darrell Russell, Oak.10.0Bruce Smith, Buf…Brewer's: Bless
He has not a [sixpence] to bless himself with, i.e. in his possession; wherewith to make himself happy. This expression may probably be traced to the time when coins were marked with a…Brewer's: May-pole, May-queen
etc. Dancing round the May-pole on May-day, “going a-Maying,” electing a May-queen, and lighting bonfires, are all remnants of Sun-worship, and may be traced to the most ancient times.…Brewer's: Moravians
or Bohemian Brethren. A religious community tracing its origin from John Huss, expelled by persecution from Bohemia and Moravia in the eighteenth century. They are often called The United…Sacks
AFCNoTrace Armstrong, Mia16.5Jason Taylor, Mia.14.5Eric Hicks, KC14.0Jason Gildon, Pit.13.5Trevor Pryce, Den.12.0Jevon Kearse, Ten.11.5Rob Burnett, Bal.10.5Joey Porter, Pit.10.5Marcellus…Brewer's: Gojam
A province of Abyssinia (Africa). Captain Speke traced it to Lake Victoria Nyanza, near the Mountains of the Moon (1861). The swelling Nile. From his two springs in Gojam's sunny realm,…Brewer's: Jesse Tree
In Christian art, a vine tracing the genealogy of Christ, called a “rod out of the stem of Jesse” (Isa. xi. l). Jesse is generally represented in a recumbent position, and the vine is…Part VIII. Anti-Federalist Papers: A [Maryland] Farmer
AbstractThe essays written by A [Maryland] Farmer were printed in the Maryland Gazette during February, March, and April of 1788. While no direct evidence of authorship has been found, it…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: Living or Dead?, II
by Rabindranath Tagore IIIIII Every one knows that, even when there is no sign, life is often secretly present, and may begin again in an apparently dead body. Kadambini was not dead;…Trending
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