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The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 47
by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 46Federalist No. 48Federalist No. 47 The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its…Brewer's: Burchardise
To speak ex cathedra; to speak with authority. Burchard (who died 1026) compiled a volume of canons of such undisputed authority, that any sentence it gave was beyond appeal. Source:…Brewer's: Scamp
[qui exit ex campo]. A deserter from the field; one who decamps without paying his debts. S privative and camp. (See Snob.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Make Mountains of Molehills
(To). To make a difficulty of trifles. “Arcem ex cloaca facare.” The corresponding French proverb is, “Faire d'un mouche un éléphant.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Mountains of Mole-hills
To make mountains of mole-hills. To make a great fuss about trifles. “Ex cloaca arccm facere” (Cicero.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MountebankMountain-…200 Cigarettes
Director: Risa Bramon Garcia Writer: Shana Larsen Paramount Pictures/MTV Productions; R Release: 2/99 Cast: Christina Ricci, Courtney Love, Ben Affleck, Janeane Garofalo,…Brewer's: Effrontery
Out-facing, rude persistence, and overbearing impudence. (Latin, ef-frons, i.e. ex-frons, out-face.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Egalité PhilippeEffigy…Brewer's: Down on his Luck
In ill-luck. “ `I guess, stranger, you'll find me an ex-president down on his luck.' ” —A. Egmont Hake: Paris Originals (Professors of Languages). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Brewer's: Eccentric
means deviating from the centre; hence irregular, not according to rule. Originally applied to those planets which wander round the earth, like comets, the earth not being in the centre of…Brewer's: Ecstatici
(The). A class of diviners among the ancient Greeks, who used to lie in trances, and when they came to themselves gave strange accounts of what they had seen while they were “out of the…Trending
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