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Brewer's: Saxon Shore
The coast of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire, where were castles and garrisons, under the charge of a court or military officer, called Comës Lïttoris Saxonici per…Brewer's: Pocket Pistol
(A). A dram-flask for the pocket, in “self-defence,” because we may be unable to get a dram on the road. Pocket Pistol (Queen Bess's). A formidable piece of ordnance given to Queen…Brewer's: Watling Street
A road extending east and west across South Britain. Beginning at Dover, it ran through Canterbury to London, and thence to Cardigan. The word is a…Brewer's: Whitebait Dinner
The ministerial dinner that announces the near close of the parliamentary session. Sir Robert Preston, M.P. for Dover, first invited his friend George…Arnold, Matthew
(Encyclopedia) Arnold, Matthew, 1822–88, English poet and critic, son of the educator Dr. Thomas Arnold. Arnold was educated at Rugby; graduated from Balliol College, Oxford in 1844; and was a fellow…Brewer's: Roger
The cook in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. “He cowde roste, sethe, broille, and frie. Make mortreux, and wel bake a pye;” but Herry Bailif, the host, said to him- Now telle on, Roger, and…2004 Olympic Equestrian Medalists
Event Score Eventing - Individual Leslie Law, GBR 44.40 Kimberly Severson, USA 45.20 Philippa Funnell, GBR 46.60 Jumping - Individual Cian O'Connor, IRL…Baron Munchausen: Supplement
by Rudolph Erich Raspe The Baron slips through the...Supplement Extraordinary flight on the back of an eagle, over France to Gibraltar, South and North America, the Polar Regions,…Brewer's: Ermine
or Hermine. Littré derives the word from Armenia, and says it is the “Pontic rat” mentioned by Pliny; if so, the better spelling would be “Armine.” Prof. Skeat derives the word from the…Movies and Film: Shooting (in) the War
Shooting (in) the WarMovies and FilmBritish Film HistoryThe BeginningsShooting (in) the WarThe Lean YearsEngland's Left Foot: Irish Cinema Not all movies made in England between 1940 and 1945…Trending
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