MURRAY James Cunningham , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., May 16, 1917; graduated
from Quigley Preparatory Seminary, Chicago, Ill.; graduated from De Paul University,…
Morning Song of SenlinConrad AikenIt is morning, Senlin says, and in the morning
When the light drips through the shutters like the dew,
I arise, I face the sunrise,
And do the things my…
the sweetheart of Robin Redbreast. Robin promised Jenny, if she would be his wife, she should `feed on cherry-pie and drink currant-wine'; and he says: `Ill dress you like a goldfinch, Or…
The best archers in British history and story are Robin Hood and his two comrades Little John and Will Scarlet. The famous archers of Henry II. were Tepus his bowman of the Guards, Gilbert…
(French, maroufle). A muff or muffin is a poor thing of a creature, a “regular muff;” so that a ragamuffin is a sorry creature in rags. “I have led my ragamuffins where they are peppered…
Round peg in the square hole, and square peg in the round hole. The wrong man in the wrong place; especially applied to government officials. The expression was used in 1855, by Mr. Layard…
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(Robin). Sometimes called Puck, son of Oberon, a domestic spirit, the constant attendant on the English fairy-court; full of tricks and fond of practical jokes. That shrewd and knavish…
Chaplain and steward of Robin Hood. Introduced by Sir Walter Scott in Ivanhoe. He is a pudgy, paunchy, humorous, self-indulgent, and combative clerical Falstaff. His costume consisted of a…
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