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Brewer's: Desdemona
(in Shakespeare's Othello). Daughter of Brabantio. She fell in love with Othello, and eloped with him. Iago, acting on the jealous temper of the Moor, made him believe that his wife had an…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: 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…Brewer's: Wrath's Hole
(Cornwall). The legend is that Bolster, a gigantic wrath or evil spirit, paid embarrassing attention to St. Agnes, who told him she would listen to his…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…Christina Rossetti: Repining
RepiningMarch 1850She sat alway thro' the long day Spinning the weary thread away; And ever said in undertone: 'Come, that I be no more alone.'From early dawn to set of sun Working, her task…Book One
Book One From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character. From my…Selected Essays in Black History: Reconstruction
Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl An Appeal to Congress for Impa... Reconstruction by Frederick Douglass The assembling of the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Congress may very…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Prometheus Unbound Scene 2.1:
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Act 2 SCENE 2.2: SCENE 2.1: MORNING. A LOVELY VALE IN THE INDIAN CAUCASUS. ASIA, ALONE. ASIA: From all the blasts of heaven thou hast descended: Yes, like a…Trending
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