by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 6, 1805April 8, 1805April 7, 1805 Fort Mandan April 7th 1805. Having on this day at 4 P.M. completed every arrangement necessary for our…
Mr. and Mrs. Vulgarity, of Pretension Hall. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Hugh Lloyd's PulpitHugger-mugger A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…
(pronounce leden), so named from the ancient manor of Sir Hugh Neville, whose mansion or hall was roofed with lead, a notable thing in his days. “Leadenhall Street” and “Leadenhall Market…
(The). Ball Hughes, one of the dandies in the days of the Regency. He paid some fabulous prices for his dressing cases (flourished 1820-1830). Ball married a Spanish dancer. He shirked a…
(Dr.). A learned student, very dry and uncompanionable; very particular over his books, and the tutor of Eugenia, the niece of Sir Hugh. He is a character in Camilla, the third novel of…
[mind and memory]. The two ravens that sit on the shoulders of Odin or Alfader. “Perhaps the nursery saying, `A little bird told me that,' is a corruption of Hugo and Munin, and so we have…
Chapter VIII
In a very short time after I went to live at Baltimore, my old master's youngest son Richard died; and in about three years and six months after his death, my old master, Captain…
