(Encyclopedia) Velasco Ibarra, José MaríaVelasco Ibarra, José Maríahōsāˈ märēˈä vāläsˈkō ēbäˈrä [key], 1893–1979, president of Ecuador (1934–35, 1944–47, 1952–56, 1960–61, 1968–72). A noted orator,…
HARE Butler Black , a Representative from South Carolina; born on a farm in Edgefield
(now Saluda) County, near Leesville, S.C., November 25, 1875; attended the
public schools; was graduated from…
The assumed name of James V. of Scotland when he made his disguised visits through the country districts around Edinburgh and Stirling, after the fashion of Haroun-al-Raschid, Louis XI.,…
(Your). Your head, the brain being the seat of all human knowledge. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knox's CroftKnows which Side his Bread is Buttered A B…
Whitechapel. Fields belonging to a farmer named Goodman. “At the which farm I myself in my youth have fetched many a halfpenny-worth of milk, and never had less than three ale-pints for a…
A metal instrument which is fitted to a man's fist, and may be readily used in self-defence by striking a blow. Sometimes these instruments are armed with spikes. It was an American…
is Gulnare (2 syl.) in the disguise of a page in the service of Lara. After Lara was shot, she haunted thespot of his death as a crazy woman, and died of a broken heart. (Byron: Lara.)…
(3 syl.). Sir Ezzelin recognised count Lara at the table of Lord Otho, and charged him with being Conrad the corsair. A duel was arranged, and Ezzelin was never heard of more. A serf used…
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