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William Blake: The Book of Thel, III

by WilliamBlakeIIIVIII Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed. Art thou a Worm? image of weakness. art thou but a Worm? I see thee like an infant wrapped in the Lillys…

2000-01 AHL Goaltending Leaders

(At least 1590 minutes) GP GAA Sv% Record Dwayne Roloson, Wor. 52 2.17 .929 32-15-5 Mika Noronen, Roch. 47 2.18 .913 26-15-5 Miikka Kiprusoff, Ken. 36…

The Devil's Dictionary: Lord

by Ambrose Bierce LOQUACITYLORELORD -n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermonger, as, lord 'Aberdasher, Lord Hartisan and so forth. The traveling Briton of…

The Equal Pay Act

A History of Pay Inequity in the U.S. June 10, 1963: John F. Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act into law. Almost four decades later, men's and women's salaries have yet to reach parity. Related…

Brewer's: Wiltshire

(2 syl.) is Wilton-shire, Wilton being a contraction of Wily-town (the town on the river Wily). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of, 1593–1641, English statesman. Regularly elected to Parliament from 1614 on, he became one of the critics of George Villiers, 1st duke of…