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Poems: Gerontion

by T. S. Eliot Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleis...Gerontion Thou hast nor youth nor age But as it were an after dinner sleep Dreaming of both. Here I am, an old man in a dry…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 27, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 26, 1805April 28, 1805April 27, 1805 Saturday April 27th 1805. Previous to our seting out this morning I made the following observations.…

Brewer's: Flora's Dial

A dial formed by flowers which open or close at stated hours. I. Dial of flowers which open— (a) The first twelve hours. A.M. OPENS. 1. (Scandinavian Sowthistle closes.) 2. Yellow Goat's-…

Brewer's: Quarrel

A short, stout arrow used in the crossbow. (A corruption of carrial; Welsh, chwarel; French, carreau. So called because the head was originally carré or four-sided. Hence also a quarrel or…

Brewer's: Thor

Son of Odin, and god of war. His attendant was THIALFI, the swift runner. His belt was MEGINGJARDIR or MEGINJARD, which doubled his strength whenever he put it on. His goats were CRACK,…