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"Come, saints and sinners, hear me tell How pious priests whip Jack and Nell, And women buy and children sell, And preach all sinners down to hell, And sing of heavenly…
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To disable by severing the tendons of the ham. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894HanHamshackle A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V…
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(Encyclopedia) Procopius the Great, Czech Prokop Holý, d. 1434, Czech Hussite leader. A priest, he joined the Hussite movement (see Hussites) and distinguished himself as a captain under John Zizka…
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