(Encyclopedia) Celtic languages, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. At one time, during the Hellenistic period, Celtic speech extended all the way from Britain and the Iberian…
by Lewis Carroll Down the Rabbit-HoleA Caucus-Race and a Long TaleThe Pool of Tears 'Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot…
The Modern Antigone. Marie Thérèse Charlotte, Duchesse d'Angoulême, daughter of Louis XVI.; so called for her attachment to Louis XVIII., whose companion she was. (1778–1851.) Source:…
Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, so called by Pope, because she was the friend of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, whom he calls Sappho. Herodotus says that Atossa, the mother of Xerxes, was a…
Quick. A name given to Swift by the Duchess of Shrewsbury, a foreigner. Of course, the pun is obvious: presto means swift (or quick). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
(Mrs.). The name under which Queen Anne corresponded with Mrs. Freeman (the Duchess of Marlborough). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MormaMorisonianism A B…
A princess, a friend of Lucrezia di Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara. She invited to a banquet the nobles who had insulted her friend, and killed them with poisoned wine. (Donizetti: Lucrezia di…
(4 syl.). The daughter of Philippe, Duc de Chartres, grandson of Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, brother of Louis XIV. La Grande Mademoiselle. The Duchesse de Montpensier, cousin to Louis XIV.,…
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