made her appearance in 1776 at Bourton, near Bristol. She was young and beautiful, graceful, and evidently accustomed to good society. She lived for four years in a haystack; but was…
(See after Lady.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LadonLadas A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…
An illustrated guide to the first ladies of the United States Please note: Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Hoes Van Buren, and Ellen Arthur all died before their husbands became…
Till 1808 public speakers began their addresses with “gentlemen and ladies;” but since then the order has been reversed. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
A LadyAmy LowellYou are beautiful and faded
Like an old opera tune
Played upon a harpsichord;
Or like the sun-flooded silks
Of an eighteenth-century boudoir.
In your eyes
Smoulder the fallen…
Barenaked LadiesCanadian folk-rock group Steven Page and Ed Robertson established the band in 1998. They claim the band's name is meant to suggest youthful naivete and is not at all sexist.…
When our Lord falls in our Lady's lap. That is, when Good Friday falls on the same date as Lady Day. (March 25th.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lord…
My Lord and Lady"Please, Madam Mother, could you lend me my wife for half an hour? The luggage has come, and I've been making hay of Amy's Paris finery, trying to find some things I want,"…
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