A Venetian maiden, daughter of Minotti, governor of Corinth. She loved Alp, and tried to restore him to his country and faith; but, as he refused to recant, gave him up, and died broken-…
(St.). Impecuniosity; being moneyless. Those of the Order of St. Francis were not allowed to carry any money about them. “I saw another case of gentlemen of St. Francis's distemper.” —…
A contraction of delirium tremens. “They get a look, after a touch of D.T., which nothing else that I know of can give them” —Indian Tale. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…
The words falsely ascribed to General Cambronne, at the battle of Waterloo; inscribed on his monument at Nantes. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894La…
(Encyclopedia) Pedro II (Dom Pedro II de Alcântara), 1825–91, emperor of Brazil (1831–89). At the age of five, he succeeded under a regency when his father, Pedro I, abdicated. He was declared of age…
(Encyclopedia) New Zealand literature. In the 20th cent. New Zealand developed a vital literary tradition, though only a few of its authors are well-known outside its islands: Katherine Mansfield,…
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comedian, actor, and writer, b. Waco, Tex. An Emmy-winning television comedy
writer in the late 1960s for…
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