Street Arabs. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gutter LaneGutter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…
Sonnet CLII Sonnet CLIV CLIII Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep: A maid of Dian's this advantage found, And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep In a cold valley-fountain of…
At the beginning of the 20th century, an uninterrupted system of nationwide highways did not exist. Beginning in 1811, a National Road had been constructed between Cumberland in western Maryland and…
A king of the Lapithæ, bound to a revolving wheel of fire in the Infernal regions, for his impious presumption in trying to imitate the thunder of heaven. (Greek mythology.) The treadmill…
He has gone to his long home. He is dead. The “long home” means the grave. The French equivalent is “Aller dans une maison ou l'on demeurera toujours.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
So called because when cut it yields a perfume like that of roses. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Rosencrantz and GuildensternRosemary Lane A B C D E F…
French, frèresserjens, a corruption of fratres-scrvientes of the Templars. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sermon LaneSerif A B C D E F G H I J K…
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