In 2002, the Library of Congress took its first step to preserve American sound recordings and selected the first 50 recordings to start a national registry. (Listed in chronological order.)…
Down on the nail, Pay down on the nail. In ready money. In Latin: “Super unguem;” in French: “Sur Vongle;” as, “Boire la goutte sur Vongle ” (see Supernaculum), “Payer rubis sur Vongle, ”…
From the teeth outwards. Merely talk; without real significance. “Much of the ... talk about General Gordon lately was only from the teeth outwards.” —The Daily News, 1886. To set one's…
No evil thing that walks by night, blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, no goblin, or smart fairy of the mine, has power to cross a lane; once in a lane, the spirit of evil is in a…
At Nether StoweyThe Rest of the Story Coleridge lived for thirty-six years after he left Stowey for Germany in 1798. His fame as a poet grew as the world became acquainted with and learned…
