of Russia built St. Petersburg, and gave Russia a place among the nations of Europe. He laid aside his crown and sceptre, came to England, and worked as a common labourer in our dockyards…
(in Tasso), “the holy author of the crusade” (bk. i.). It is said that six millions of persons assumed the cross at his preaching. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
The nom de plume of Samuel G. Goodrich, an American (1793-1860). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Peter PeeblesPeter Botte Mountain A B C D E F G H I…
The nom de plume of Dr. John Wolcot (Wool-cut), of Dodbrooke, Devonshire. (1738-1819.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Peter PorcupinePeter-pence A B C D…
was written by Robert Pultock, of Clifford's Inn, and sold to Dodsley, the publisher, for 20. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Peter of ProvencePeter…
Bernadette Peters(Bernadette Lazzara)actressBorn: 2/28/1948Birthplace: Queens, New York At age 19, Peters gained notice for her comic and musical talents in the off-Broadway musical Dames at Sea (…
(Encyclopedia) Peter III (Peter the Great), 1239?–1285, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1276–85) and king of Sicily (1282–85); son and successor of James I. In 1280 he established Aragonese…
(Encyclopedia) Marler, Peter Robert, 1928–2014, British ethologist, b. Slough, England, Ph.D University College London, 1952, and Cambridge, 1954. At Cambridge he was introduced to the sonic…
Indiana Lawrence County, Indiana People QuickFactsLawrence CountyIndianaPopulation, 2005 estimate 46,4036,271,973Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 1.0%3.1%Population,…
