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Brewer's: Stone Still
Perfectly still; with no more motion than a stone. “I will not struggle; I will stand stone still.” Shakespeare: King John, iv. 1. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Frigga
in the genealogy of Æsir, is the supreme goddess, wife of Odin, and daughter of the giant Fiörgwyn. She presides over marriages, and may be called the Juno of Asgard. (Scandinavian…Brewer's: Golden Bonds
Aurelian allowed the captive queen Zenobia to have a slave to hold up her golden fetters. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Golden Bowl is BrokenGolden Bay A…Brewer's: Golden Bull
An edict by the Emperor Charles IV., issued at the Diet of Nuremberg in 1356, for the purpose of fixing how the German emperors were to be elected. (See Bull.) Source: Dictionary of…Christianity
Eastern OrthodoxyEastern Rite ChurchesRoman CatholicismRoman Catholic Church HierarchyProtestantismU.S. Protestant Groups Christianity is a monotheistic religion founded by the followers of…Robert Frost: Birches
BirchesRobert FrostWhen I see birches bend to left and right Across the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy's been swinging them. But swinging doesn't bend them down to…Sara Teasedale: The Carpenter's Son
The Carpenter's SonThe summer dawn came over-soon, The earth was like hot iron at noon In Nazareth; There fell no rain to ease the heat, And dusk drew on with tired feet And…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 23, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 22, 1806June 24, 1806June 23, 1806 Monday June 23rd 1806. Apprehensive from Drewyer's delay that he had met with some difficulty in…Brewer's: Almond Tree
Grey hairs. The Preacher thus describes old age: “In the day when the keepers of the house (the hands) shall tremble, and the strong men (the legs) bow themselves, and the grinders (the…Brewer's: Broker
Properly speaking, is one who sells refuse. In German, called mäklers, that is, “sellers of damaged stores.” (Teutonic, brak or wrak, refuse, allied with German brauchen.) Generally some…Trending
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