An executioner; a person who kills another brutally but lawfully. “Great Hector's deaths-man.” Heywood: Iron Age. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(The). The degeneracy of the human race in consequence of the “fall” [or disobedience] of Adam, man's federal head. Adam fell, or ceased to stand his ground, under temptation. Source:…
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(The). Otto von Bismarck (Prince Bismarck), called “man of blood” from his great war policy, and “iron” from his indomitable will. Many years Chancellor of Prussia and Germany. (Born…
by Aesop The Fisherman PipingThe Ploughman, the Ass, and the OxThe Weasel and the Man A Man once caught a Weasel, which was always sneaking about the house, and was just going to drown it…
or Abraham Cove A Tom o' Bedlam; a naked vagabond; a begging impostor. The Abraham Ward, in Bedlam, had for its inmates begging lunatics, who used to array themselves “with party-coloured…
by Aesop The Slave and the LionThe Bee and JupiterThe Flea and the Man A Flea bit a Man, and bit him again, and again, till he could stand it no longer, but made a thorough search for it,…
(The). (See Iron Mask.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man in the MoonMan in Black 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…
(See Homo.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man-of-WarMan of the World 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…
The Bodouins affirm that the monkeys of Mount Kara were once human beings, thus transformed for disobedience to their prophet. The Arabs have a similar tradition, that the monkey (Nasnâs)…
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