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Brewer's: Drunk as a fiddler.
The reference is to the fiddler at wakes, fairs, and on board ship, who used to be paid in liquor for playing to rustic dancers. Drunk as a lord. Before the great temperance movement set…Brewer's: Rig
A piece of fun, a practical joke. The Scotch say of a man who indulges in intoxication, “He goes the rig.” The same word is applied in Scotland to a certain portion or division of a field…Brewer's: Sea
Any large collection of water, more or less enclosed; hence the expression “molten sea,” meaning the great brazen vessel which stood in Solomon's temple (2 Chronicles iv. 5, and 1 Kings…Brewer's: Friar's Lanthorn
Sir W. Scott calls Jack o'Lantern Friar Rush. This is an error, as Rush was a domestic spirit, and not a field esprit follet. He got admittance into monasteries, and played the monks sad…Top Picks: By all means, <i>run</i> to the theater
The Last Days of DiscoSource: Archive Photos The Horse Whisperer Robert Redford's sharp directing turns Evans's mawkish best-selling novel about a teenage girl's recovery from a horseback-riding…A Plea for the Right of Recall
A Plea for the Right of Recallby AMICUS appeared in the Columbian Herald, August 28, 1788.See also Federalist No. 53Some time before a Convention of the United States was held, I mentioned in…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Prometheus Unbound Scene 2.3
by Percy Bysshe Shelley SCENE 2.2: SCENE 2.4: SCENE 2.3: A PINNACLE OF ROCK AMONG MOUNTAINS. ASIA AND PANTHEA. PANTHEA: Hither the sound has borne us—to the realm Of Demogorgon, and the…Clauses: Subordinating Conjunctions Link 'Em Together
Subordinating Conjunctions Link 'Em TogetherClausesIntroductionSubordinating Conjunctions Link 'Em TogetherAdverb Clauses: Hot ShotsAdjective Clauses: Paint by NumbersNoun Clauses: What's in a Name…Baron Munchausen: Our Baron excels Baron Tott...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe A Trip to the North A further account of the jo... Our Baron excels Baron Tott... Our Baron excels Baron Tott beyond all comparison, yet fails in part of…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, January 10, 1806
Day 1135 Day 1137 Clark, January 10, 1806 Friday the 10th of January 1806 I derected Serjt. Gass to Continue with the Salt makers untill Shannon return from hunting, and then himself and…Trending
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