An illiterate quack, who professed to have discovered a liniment which had the power of distinguishing between disease and health. The body was rubbed with it, and if irritation appeared…
A halter; so called from Johnstone the hangman. “Sent to heaven wi' a St. Johnston's tippit about my hause.” —Sir Walter Scott: Old Mortality. chap. viii Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…
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Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
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Should auld acquaintance be forgot…
The Talmudists say that Adam lived in Paradise only twelve hours, and account for the time thus:— The first hour, God collected the dust and animated it. The second hour, Adam stood on…
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Dec. 23–31, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil: Flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains killed 60–70 people, mainly in the mountain resort city of Petropolis near Rio de Janeiro on Christmas…
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