An epic poem in four books, describing the troubles of King David. (Abraham Cowley [1618-1667].) There is another sacred poem so called, by Thomas Elwood (1712). Source: Dictionary of…
A Boston Ballad [1854]To get betimes in Boston town I rose this morning early,
Here's a good place at the corner, I must stand and see the show.Clear the way there Jonathan!
Way for the…
The thirty-six states of North America composing the Federal Republic. Each state is represented in the Federal Congress by two senators, and a number of representatives proportionate to…
(Jonathan), the detective, born at Wolverhampton, in Staffordshire. He brought to the gallows thirty-five highwaymen, twenty-two housebreakers, and ten…
A real brother. (Latin, germanus, of the same stock; germen, a bud or sprout.) “Te in germani fratris dilexi loco.” —Terence Andria, I. 5, 58. A uterine brother is a brother by the mother'…
in Dryden's satire of Absalom and Achitophel, is meant for Sir William Jones, Attorney-General, who conducted the prosecution of the Popish Plot (June 25th, 1674); not the great Oriental…
(French). A wedding-ring; so called because those who were married by compulsion at Ste. Marine wore rings of jonc or straw. “C'est dans l'église de Ste. Marine que l'on marie ceux que l'…
