(Encyclopedia) Aylmer, JohnAylmer, Johnālˈmər [key], 1521–94, bishop of London. His name is also spelled Ælmer or Elmer. He was briefly chaplain to the duke of Suffolk and tutor to his daughter, Lady…
(The). So Carlyle called Robespierre in his French Revolution. “The song is a short one, and may perhaps serve to qualify our judgment of the `sea-green incorruptible.' ” —Notes and…
Runaway matches. In Scotland, all that is required of contracting parties is a mutual declaration before witnesses of their willingness to marry, so that elopers reaching the parish of…
