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A Boy's Will: The Trial by Existence
by Robert Frost RevelationIn Equal SacrificeThe Trial by Existence and to know definitely what he thinks about the soul; EVEN the bravest that are slain Shall not dissemble their…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epistle To Dr. Blacklock
by Robert Burns To Mary In HeavenThe Five CarlinsEpistle To Dr. Blacklock Ellisland, 21st Oct., 1789. Wow, but your letter made me vauntie! And are ye hale, and weel and…Brewer's: Bandana
or Bandanna A pocket-handkerchief. It is an Indian word, properly applied to silk goods, but now restricted to cotton handkerchiefs having a dark ground of Turkey red or blue, with little…Brewer's: Carmine
(2 syl). The dye made from the carmës or kermës insect, whence also crimson, through the Italian cremisino. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Red Republicans
Those extreme republicans of France who scruple not to dye their hands in blood in order to accomplish their political object. They used to wear a red cap. (See Carmagnole.) Source:…Brewer's: True Blue
- that is, “Coventry blue,” noted for its fast dye. An epithet applied to a person of inflexible honesty and fidelity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894True-…Brewer's: Speaking
They are on speaking terms. They just know each other. They are not on speaking terms. Though they know each other, they do not even salute each other in the street, or say “How d'ye do…Brewer's: Watchet
Sky-blue. (Anglo-Saxon, waadchet, probably dye of the woad plant) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894WaterWatch on Board…Brewer's: Weld
or Wold. The dyer's-weed (reseda luteola), which yields a beautiful yellow dye. (Anglo-Saxon, geld or gold, our yellow, etc.) Source…Brewer's: Glass
is from the Celtic glas (bluish-green), the colour produced by the woad employed by the ancient Britons in dyeing their bodies. Pliny calls it glastrum, and Cæsar vitrum. Source:…Trending
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