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Brewer's: God's Acre
A churchyard or cemetery. I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial ground God's Acre. —Longfellow. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gods'…Brewer's: Pedlar's Acre
(Lambeth). According to tradition, a pedlar of this parish left a sum of money, on condition that his picture, with a dog, should be preserved for ever in glass in one of the church-…How Big is an Acre?
What is the size of an acre? The acre was originally an English unit of measurement that described the area of land that a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. It originally differed in size from one…How Big Is an Acre?
Are you ready to test your knowledge on how big an acre is? In this quiz, you'll be presented with 10 questions about the size of an acre. Don't worry if you're not sure about the answers, we'll…The Cold Six Thousand
Author:James EllroyPublisher:Knopf Set between the assassinations of President Kennedy and his brother Robert, Ellroy's latest romp careens around the world, stopping in Las Vegas, Vietnam,…Witter Bynner: God's Acre
God's AcreWitter BynnerBecause we felt there could not be A mowing in reality So white and feathery-blown and gay With blossoms of wild caraway, I said to Celia, "Let us trace The secret of…Thousand Islands
(Encyclopedia) Thousand Islands, a group of more than 1,800 islands and 3,000 shoals in the St. Lawrence River, E of Lake Ontario, N N.Y. and S Ont., stretching c.50 mi (80 km) along the U.S.-Canada…Thousand Oaks
(Encyclopedia) Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. There…Brewer's: Eleven Thousand Virgins
Ursula being asked in marriage by a pagan prince, fled towards Rome with her eleven thousand virgins. At Cologne they were all massacred by a party of Huns, and even to the present hour “…Brewer's: Upper Ten Thousand
or The Upper Ten. The aristocracy. The term was first used by N.P. Willis, in speaking of the fashionables of New York, who at that time were not more than ten thousand in number. Source…Trending
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