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The tiny Nano sedan costs only $2,500 by Beth Rowen The Tata Nano Standard Version Related Links India World's Most Populous Countries…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: December 1, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark November 30, 1805December 2, 1805December 1, 1805 December 1st 1805 Cloudy morning wind from the S. E. sent out the men to hunt and examin the…Brewer's: Nadab
in Dryden's satire of Absalom and Achitophel, is meant for Lord Howard, of Esrick or Escriek, a profligate who laid claim to great piety. Nadab offered incense with strange fire, and was…Brewer's: Normandy
The Poles are the vintagers in Normandy. The Norman vintage consists of apples beaten down by poles. The French say, “En Normandie l'on vendange avee la gaule,” where gaule is a play on…Brewer's: Fair-star
The Princess Fair-star, in love with Prince Chery, whom she sets to obtain for her “the dancing water,” “the singing apple,” and “the green bird” (q.v.). This tale is borrowed from the…Brewer's: Farnese Hercules
[Far-na'-ze Hercu-lees ]. A name given to Glykon's copy of the famous statue of Lysippos, the Greek sculptor in the time of Alexander the Great. It represents the hero leaning on his club…Brewer's: Egil
Brother of Weland, the Vulcan of Northern mythology. Egil was a great archer, and a tale is told of him the exact counterpart of the famous story about William Tell: One day King Nidung…Brewer's: Grig
Merry as a grig. A grig is the sand-eel, and a cricket. There was also a class of vagabond dancers and tumblers who visited ale-houses so called. Hence Levi Solomon, alias Cockleput, who…Brewer's: Calves' Head Club
Instituted in ridicule of Charles I. The great annual banquet was held on the 30th January, and consisted of a cod's head, to represent the person of Charles Stuart, independent of his…Brewer's: Costard
A clown in Love's Labour's Lost (Shakespeare), who apes the court wit of Queen Elizabeth's time, but misapplies and miscalls like Mrs. Malaprop or Master Dogberry. Costard A large…Trending
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