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Brewer's: Dalmatica
or Dalmatic. A robe, open in front, reaching to the knees; worn at one time by deacons over the alb or stole, when the Eucharist was administered. It is in imitation of the regal vest of…Brewer's: X
on beer-casks indicates beer which paid ten shillings duty, and hence it came to mean beer of a given quality. Two or three crosses are mere trade-marks, intended to convey the notion of…Brewer's: Froude's Cat
This cat wanted to know what was good for life, and everyone gave her queer answers. The owl said, “Meditate, O cat;” and so she tried to think which could have come first, the fowl or the…Brewer's: Dutchman
I'm a Dutchman if I do. A strong refusal. During the rivalry between England and Holland, the word Dutch was synonymous with all that was false and hateful, and when a man said, “I would…Brewer's: England
Verstegan quaintly says that Egbert was “chiefly moved” to call his kingdom England “in respect of Pope Gregory's changing the name of Engelisce into Angellyke. ” And this “may have moved…Brewer's: Idiot
meant originally a private person, one not engaged in any public office. Hence Jeremy Taylor says, “Humility is a duty in great ones, as well as in idiots” (private persons). The Greeks…The Congress of Women: Marriage Prospects in Germany
by Miss Kathe Schirmaches The KindergartenThe Women Writers of CaliforniaMarriage Prospects in Germany The marriage prospects of every woman depends as a rule upon three circumstances.…James Winthrop: Agrippa X
Agrippa XJames Winthrop1 January 1788by James Winthrop, AgrippaTo the People.Friends and Brethren,It is a duty incumbent on every man, who has had opportunities for inquiry, to lay the result…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: Woodrow Wilson: First Inaugural Address
William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson First Inaugural Address Tuesday, March 4, 1913 THERE has been a change of government. It began two years ago, when the House of…Slideshow: Native American Life on the Great Plains
by Liz Olson For centuries beginning around 1600, Native Americans settled along the wooded and rich-soil banks of Northern Plains rivers. In the United States the…Trending
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