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The True George Washington: Enemies: Jefferson
JeffersonThe political course of Washington while President produced the alienation of the two Virginians whom he most closely associated with himself in the early part of his administration…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: October 11, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark October 10, 1804October 12, 1804October 11, 1804 11th of October Thursday 1804 wind S. E. at 11 oClock met the 1s Chief in Council, he Thanked us…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Solution
SolutionI am the Muse who sung alway By Jove, at dawn of the first day. Star-crowned, sole-sitting, long I wrought To fire the stagnant earth with thought: On spawning slime my song prevails…2014 GLAAD Media Awards
Here are the winners of the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Outstanding Comedy Series: Orange Is the New…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: On Glenriddell's Fox Breaking His Chain
by Robert Burns The PosiePoem On Pastoral PoetryOn Glenriddell's Fox Breaking His Chain A Fragment, 1791. Thou, Liberty, thou art my theme; Not such as idle poets dream…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Note on Poems of 1818, by Mrs. Shelley
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: The Vine-ShroudNote on Poems of 1818, by Mrs. Shelley We often hear of persons disappointed by a first visit to Italy. This was not Shelley's case. The…Brewer's: Naught
(not “nought”). Naught is Ne (negative), aught (anything). Saxon náht, which is ne áht (not anything). A headless man had a letter [o] to write. He who read it [naught] had lost his sight…Brewer's: Tattoo
A beat on the drum at night to recall the soldiers to their barracks. It sounded at nine in summer and eight in winter. (French, tapoter or tapotez tous.) The devil's tattoo. Drumming…Brewer's: Slops
(The) The police; originally “ecilop.” I dragged you in here and saved you, And sent out a gal for the slops; Ha! they're a comin', sir! Listen! The noise and the shoutin' stops. Sims:…Brewer's: Snooks
An exclamation of incredulity; a Mrs. Harris. A person tells an incredible story, and the listener cries Snooks—gammon; or he replies, It was Snooks—the host of the Château d'Espagne. This…Trending
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