(The). The fine linen cloth laid over the newly-married in the Catholic Church. (Anglo-Saxon, cear, large, as cear wúnd (a big wound), cear sorh (a great sorrow), etc.) Source:…
He is a Cato. A man of simple life, severe morals, self-denying habits, strict justice, brusque manners, blunt of speech, and of undoubted patriotism, like the Roman censor of that name…
or Ketchup. The Eastern kitjap (soy sauce). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CattedCato-Street Conspiracy A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…
Chief minister of the Zamorin or ancient sovereign of India. Begirt with high-plumed nobles, by the flood The first great minister of India stood, His name `the Catual' in India's tongue…
The reply of Leonidas, King of Sparta, to the messengers sent by Xerxes to Thermop'-ylae. Xerxes said, “Go, and tell those madmen to deliver up their arms.” Leonidas replied, “Go, and tell…
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 27, 1804July 29, 1804July 28, 1804 July 28th Satturday Set out this morning early, the wind blou from the N. W. by N. a Dark Smokey Morning…
is the Gaelic Kill Kenny, church of St. Kenny or Canice. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Kilkenny CatsKildare's Holy Fane A B C D E F G H I J K L…
In the WillowThe old tree saw and heard a good many little scenes and confidences that summer, because it became the favorite retreat of all the children, and the willow seemed to enjoy it,…
(g hard). Geber, the Arabian, was by far the greatest alchemist of the eleventh century, and wrote several treatises on “the art of making gold” in the usual mystical jargon, because the…
[Le Chat Botté}], from the Eleventh Night of Straparola's Italian fairy tales, where Constantine's cat procures his master a fine castle and the king's heiress. First translated into…
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