Jeremy Bentham, who lived at No. 1, Queen Square, London. He was the father of the political economists called Utilitarians, whose maxim is, “The greatest happiness of the greatest number…
A fund created out of the firstfruits and tenths, which were part of the papal exactions before the Reformation. The firstfruits are the whole first year's profits of a clerical living,…
by W. B. Yeats WarThe Friends of the People of FaeryThe Queen and the Fool I have heard one Hearne, a witch-doctor, who is on the border of Clare and Galway, say that in "every household…
The reply made to the teller of stale news. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen Anne's BountyQueen A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…
A cook. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen of the Eastern ArchipelagoQueen of Heaven A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…
The island of Java. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen of the MayQueen of the Dripping-pan A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…
(of architecture). Noted for many angles, gables, quaint features, and irregularity of windows. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen ConsortQueen Anne's…
Elizabeth, who greatly increased the English navy, and was successful against the Spanish Armada, etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen's BenchQueen of…
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Shakespeare being under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth, and knowing her jealousy, would not, of course, praise openly her rival queen; but in the Midsummer Night's Dream, composed in…
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