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Brewer's: Royal Goats
(The). The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, noted for their nanny-goat. This gallant regiment was at Blenheim, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, Dettingen, Vittoria, Alma, Inkermann, and many another field.…Brewer's: Goat and Compasses
A public-house sign in the Commonwealth; a corruption of “God en-compasses [us].” Some say it is the carpenters' arms—three goats and a chevron. The chevron being mistaken for a pair of…Goat, The
(Encyclopedia) Goat, The, English name for Capricornus, a constellation.Goat Island
(Encyclopedia) Goat Island. 1 Former name of Yerba Buena Island, San Fransisco Bay, Calif. 2 Island, W N.Y., in the Niagara River, dividing Niagara Falls into the American and the Canadian falls.Aesop's Fables: The Goat and the Vine
by Aesop The Horse and His RiderThe Two PotsThe Goat and the Vine A Goat was straying in a vineyard, and began to browse on the tender shoots of a Vine which bore several fine bunches of…Aesop's Fables: The Wolf and the Goat
by Aesop The Archer and the LionThe Sick StagThe Wolf and the Goat A Wolf caught sight of a Goat browsing above him on the scanty herbage that grew on the top of a steep rock; and being…Aesop's Fables: The Goatherd and the Goat
by Aesop The Athenian and the ThebanThe Sheep and the DogThe Goatherd and the Goat A Goatherd was one day gathering his flock to return to the fold, when one of his goats strayed and…Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Goat
by Aesop The Shepherd's Boy and the WolfThe Fisherman and the SpratThe Fox and the Goat A Fox fell into a well and was unable to get out again. By and by a thirsty Goat came by, and seeing…cornucopia
(Encyclopedia) cornucopiacornucopiakôrˌny&oomacr;kōˈpēə [key], in Greek mythology, magnificent horn that filled itself with whatever meat or drink its owner requested. Some legends designate it…Amalthaea
(Encyclopedia) AmalthaeaAmalthaeaămˌəlthēˈə [key], in Greek mythology, the stepmother of Zeus, a she-goat or nymph who nursed the infant Zeus. It was said that Zeus made one of her magnificent horns…Trending
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