To be branded with a K (kalumnia). So, according to the Lex Memmia, false accusers were branded in the forehead. K The three bad K's. The Greeks so called the Karians, Kretans, and…
A balloon whose ascensional power is derived from hot air rising from a fire beneath its open mouth. Montgolfier used such a balloon. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
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Life at Plumfield With Jo's BoysLouisa May AlcottDedicationTo
Freddy and Johnny,
the little men
to whom she owes some of the best and happiest
hours of her life,
this book is gratefully…
The foster-sister of Robert le Diable, and bride of Rambaldo, the Norman troubadour. She came to Palermo to place in the duke's hand her mother's will, which he was enjoined not to read…
(Divine). The divine Althea of Richard Lovelace was Lucy Sacheverell, called by the poet, “Lucretia.” When love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To…
(St.), according to tradition, carried his head, after martyrdom, for six miles, and then deliberately laid it down on the spot where stands the present cathedral bearing his name. This…
or Fire-dragon. A fiery serpent, an ignis-fatuus of large proportions, superstitiously believed to be a flying dragon keeping guard over hid treasures. “There is a fellow somewhat near the…
Dennis BanksAnishinabe (Ojibwa) activistBorn: Apr. 12, 1937Birthplace: Leech Lake, Minn. At an early age, Dennis Banks was removed from his home and sent to boarding schools, run by the…
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