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Bremen

(Encyclopedia) Bremen Bremen brāˈmən [key], city, capital of the state of Bremen, NW Germany, on the Weser…

Bogotá

(Encyclopedia) Bogotá Bogotá bōgōtäˈ [key], city (2021 metro area est. pop. 11,167,000), central Colombia…

Poem: Preludes

14 - Portrait of a Lady Rhapsody on a Windy Night - 16 Preludes I The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days…

Brewer's: Lockitt's

A fashionable coffee-house in the reign of Charles II. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LockmanLockit A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…

Brewer's: Gloria

A cup of coffee with brandy in it instead of milk. Sweetened to taste. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gloria in ExcelsisGlobe of Glass A B C D E F G…

Chauncey Judd: Puritan Training

The Judd Family A Quilting Party Puritan Training In those days the means of education was scanty. For some years a school had been established in Judd's Meadow, to be kept a few weeks…

Hawaii

  Hawaii State Information Capital: Honolulu (on Oahu) Official Name: Hawaii Organized as territory/republic: Republic, 1893; Territory, 1900 Entered Union (rank): August 21, 1959 (50th state)…

Brewer's: Lloyd's

An association of underwriters, for marine insurances. So called because the society removed in 1716 from Cornhill to a coffee-house in Lombard Street kept by a man named Lloyd. Source:…

Brewer's: French Cream

Brandy. In France it is extremely general to drink after dinner a cup of coffee with a glass of brandy in it instead of cream. This “patent digester” is called a Gloria. Source:…