(Longue épée). William, the first Duke of Normandy. (Died 943.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Long TailLong Run A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…
Chapter 25 The End of a Long Journey The reunited party now set out for the lower river and proceeded rapidly down-stream, favored with a good wind. They made eighty-six miles…
Waiting for Tom Long- i.e. a wearisome long time. The pun, of course, is on the word long. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tom RawTom Foolery A B C D E…
To wait for John Long, the carrier. To wait a long time; to wait for John, who keeps us a long time. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894John RobertsJohn Dory A…
LongingI am not sorry for my soul
That it must go unsatisfied,
For it can live a thousand times,
Eternity is deep and wide.I am not sorry for my soul,
But oh, my body that must go…
Agathokakological. (Southey: The Doctor.) Alcomiroziropoulopilousitounitapignac. The giantess. (Croquemitaine, iii. 2.) Amoronthologosphorus. (See Hair.) (The Three Hairs.)…
Shelley LongactressBorn: 8/23/1949Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana Originally a TV producer and host, Long broke into film acting in the early 1980s, notably in Night Shift (1982) with Henry Winkler…
(Encyclopedia) Long Island (1990 pop. 6,861,454), 1,723 sq mi (4,463 sq km), 118 mi (190 km) long, and from 12 to 20 mi (19–32 km) wide, SE N.Y.; fourth largest island of the United States and the…
(Encyclopedia) Frisch, Max, 1911–91, Swiss writer. He obtained a diploma in architecture in 1941, and his designs included the Zürich Recreation Park. After 1955 he became recognized as one of Europe…
