(Encyclopedia) Hooker, Richard, 1554?–1600, English theologian and clergyman of the Church of England. He studied and lectured at Oxford and preached at Drayton-Beauchamp, Buckinghamshire; at the…
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(Encyclopedia) Tyndale, Tindal, or Tindale, WilliamTyndale, Tindal, or Tindale, Williamall: tĭnˈdəl [key], c.1494–1536, English biblical translator (see Bible) and Protestant martyr. He was probably…
(Lavant, Chichester), celebrated for the local tradition that the golden calf of Aaron is buried there. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RookeryRook A B C…
(The). A tedious “hermit of the vale,” which encumbers the story of Tom Jones, by Fielding. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Man of the SeaMan of Straw A B…
(Herefordshire), on February 7th, 1571, at six o'clock in the evening, “roused itself with a roar, and by seven next morning had moved forty paces.” It kept on the move for three days,…
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