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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: 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…2001 Professional Baseball Season Recap
Desert Reign The 2001 baseball season had it all - power hitting, power pitching, dominant teams and doormats, hall-of-famers retiring, top-notch rookies coming in to replace them, and of course,…Song of Solomon: 7
Song of Solomon Chapter 7 1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. 2 Thy…Zechariah: 2
Zechariah Chapter 2 1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To…Brewer's: Poke
A bag, pouch, or sack. Poke A lazy person, a loafer, a dawdler. Poke To thrust or push against; to thrust or butt with the horns. Also to busy oneself without any definite object. “…A Christmas Carol: The Second of the Three Spirits
The First of the Three Spirits The Last of the Spirits The Second of the Three Spirits AWAKING in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore, and sitting up in bed to get his thoughts…Walt Whitman: From Pent-Up Aching Rivers
From Pent-Up Aching RiversFrom pent-up aching rivers, From that of myself without which I were nothing, From what I am determin'd to make illustrious, even if I stand sole among men, From…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 12, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 11, 1805May 13, 1805May 12, 1805 Sunday May 12th 1805. Set out at an early hour, the weather clear and Calm; I walked on shore this morning…Trending
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