Michael Johnson sets the pace in 1996 by John Gettings Michael Johnson at the Atlanta Olympic Games. (Source: AP) Related Links Olympics Overview 2012Track and Field PreviewEncyclopedia: Track…
(The). The Chinese deity who links in wedlock predestined couples. (See Man In The Moon.) “The Chinese have a firm belief in marriages being made in heaven. A certain deity, whom they call…
by Aesop The Ox and the FrogHercules and the WaggonerThe Man and the Image A poor Man had a wooden Image of a god, to which he used to pray daily for riches. He did this for a long time,…
The character of Bruyère's Absent Man, translated in the Spectator and exhibited on the stage, is a caricature of Comte de Brancas. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
The French say that a red man commands the elements, and wrecks off the coast of Brittany those whom he dooms to death. The legend affirms that he appeared to Napoleon and foretold his…
(A). A braggart; a captain out of service, with a long rapier; so called because St. Paul's Walk was at one time the haunt of stale knights. Jonson called Bobadil (q.v.) a Paul's man.…
(The). A tallyman; a village usurer; a money-lender. The word is of Irish extraction. “They suppose that the tenants can have no other supply of capital than from the gombeen man.” —Egmont…
An executioner; a person who kills another brutally but lawfully. “Great Hector's deaths-man.” Heywood: Iron Age. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(The). The degeneracy of the human race in consequence of the “fall” [or disobedience] of Adam, man's federal head. Adam fell, or ceased to stand his ground, under temptation. Source:…
(A). A cavalier servant or cicisbeo; one selected by a married lady to escort her to theatres, etc., to ride about with her, and to amuse her. The man she “fancies” or likes. Source:…
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