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Erne

(Encyclopedia) ErneErneûrn [key], river, 72 mi (116 km) long, rising in Lough Gowna, Co. Longford, N Republic of Ireland. It flows NW through SW Northern Ireland, then back through the Republic…

Great Alzana 2001 Deaths

Great Alzana(Harold Davis)Age: 82 daredevil high-wire artist who was the top-billed act for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus for 20 years. Although he was quite accident…

The Great Gretzky Says Goodbye

by Michael Morrison Related Links Career StatsSpotlight: Fighting in the NHLInfoplease Hockey SectionNHL Web SiteAfter 20 seasons in the NHL, the greatest player ever to lace up a pair of…

Carl Sandburg: The Great Hunt

The Great HuntCarl SandburgI cannot tell you now; When the wind's drive and whirl Blow me along no longer, And the wind's a whisper at last — Maybe I'll tell you then…

Brewer's: Status of Great Men

(See Great Men.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Statute FairsStatue A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Stimulants of Great Men

BONAPARTE took snuff when he wished to stimulate his intellect, or when he was greatly annoyed. BRAHAM (the singer) drank bottled porter. The REV, WILLIAM BULL, the Nonconformist, was an…

Brewer's: Great Bullet-head

George Cadoudal, leader of the Chouans, born at Brech, in Morbihan. (1769-1804.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Great CaptainGreat A B C D E F G H I…

Brewer's: Great Cham of Literature

So Smollett calls Dr. Johnson. (1709-1784.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Great CommonerGreat Captain A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…

Brewer's: Great Wits Jump

Think alike; tally. Thus Shakespeare says, “It jumps with my humour.” (1 Henry IV., iv. 2.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Great Wits to Madness nearly are…

Brewer's: City of the Great King

(The) —i.e. Jerusalem. (Psa. xlviii. 2; Matt. v. 35.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894City of the Seven HillsCity of Saints A B C D E F G H I J K…