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Brewer's: Grin and Bear It
(You must), or You must grin and bide it, for resistance is hopeless. You may make up a face, if you like, but you cannot help yourself. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Rendezvous
The place to which you are to repair, a meeting, a place of muster or call. Also used as a verb. (French, rendez, betake; vous, yourself.) His house is a grand rendezvous of the élite of…Brewer's: Silver Pheasant
(A). A beautiful young lady of the high aristocracy. “One would think you were a silver pheasant, you give yourself such airs.” —Ouida: Under Two Flags. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Chemistry: Succeeding Where Others Have Failed
Succeeding Where Others Have FailedChemistryWhy Study Chemistry?Why Do We Need Chemistry?What Have I Gotten Myself Into?This Stuff Is Really Fun!Who Invented Chemistry?Succeeding Where Others Have…Homework Center: Writing Skills: Sample Narrative Essay
Sample Narrative Essays Learning something new can be a scary experience. One of the hardest things I've ever had to do was learn how to swim. I was always afraid of the…William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra, Act V, Scene II
Scene IIAlexandria. A room in the monumentEnter Cleopatra, Charmian, and IrasCleopatraMy desolation does begin to make A better life. 'Tis paltry to be Caesar; Not being Fortune, he's but…Flatland: Of the Nature of Flatland
by Edwin A. Abbott Of the Climate and Houses in FlatlandOf the Nature of Flatland I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy…William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra, Act III, Scene IV
Scene IVAthens. A room in Mark Antony's houseEnter Mark Antony and OctaviaMark AntonyNay, nay, Octavia, not only that,— That were excusable, that, and thousands more Of semblable import,—but…William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene II
Scene IIA streetEnter Viola, Malvolio followingMalvolioWere not you even now with the Countess Olivia?ViolaEven now, sir; on a moderate pace I have since arrived but hither.MalvolioShe…Trains, Planes, and Automobiles . . . and Ships!
Interesting facts, statistics, and fun features about our favorite modes of transportation Trains Ten Famous Trains From the Orient Express to the high tech Japanese…