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Mental Illness: Facts about Panic Disorders
Facts about Panic Disorders Source: National Institute of Mental Health Related Links: Almanac: HealthNational Institute of Mental HealthAmerican Psychological Association Panic Disorder Panic…William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene V
Scene VAlexandria. Mark Antony's campTrumpets sound. Enter Mark Antony and Eros; a Soldier meeting themSoldierThe gods make this a happy day to Antony!Mark AntonyWould thou and those thy…Brewer's: Fat Men
Edward Bright, of Essex, weighed 44 stone, or 616 pounds, at death. He was 5 feet 9 inches high, 5 feet round the chest, and 6 feet 11 inches round the paunch. He died 1750, aged thirty.…Brewer's: Dulcimer
(Italian dolcimello), according to Bishop (Musical Dictionary, p. 45), is “a triangular chest strung with wires, which are struck with a little rod held in each hand;” but the word “…Brewer's: Mistletoe Bough
The tale referred to in this song, about Lord Lovel's daughter, is related by Rogers in his Italy, where the lady is called “Ginevra.” A similar narrative is given by Collet in his Relics…Brewer's: Kist-vaen
(The). A rude stone sepulchre or mausoleum, like a chest with a flat stone for a cover “At length they reached a grassy mound, on the top of which was placed one of those receptacles for…Brewer's: Pulling
A jockey trick, which used to be called “playing booty” —i.e. appearing to use every effort to come in first, but really determined to lose the race. “Mr. Kemble [in the Iron Chest] gave a…Brewer's: Star Chamber
A court of civil and criminal jurisdiction at Westminster, abolished in the reign of Charles I. So called because the ceiling or roof was decorated with gilt stars. Its jurisdiction was to…Brewer's: Stimulants of Great Men
BONAPARTE took snuff when he wished to stimulate his intellect, or when he was greatly annoyed. BRAHAM (the singer) drank bottled porter. The REV, WILLIAM BULL, the Nonconformist, was an…Brewer's: Guelpho
(3 syl.), son of Actius IV., Marquis d'Este and of Cunigunda, a German, King of Carynthia. He led an army of 5,000 men from Germany, but two-thirds were slain by the Persians. He was noted…Trending
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