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Janet McTeer
Janet McTeer is a Tony-winning English actress whose few appearances on the big screen have earned her two Oscar nominations, one for her lead role as a single mom in Tumbleweeds (1999) and one for…pastoral
(Encyclopedia) pastoral, literary work in which the shepherd's life is presented in a conventionalized manner. In this convention the purity and simplicity of shepherd life is contrasted with the…William Shakespeare: As You Like It, Dramatis Personae
Dramatis PersonaeDuke Senior, living in banishment.Duke Frederick, his brother, an usurper of his dominions.Lords Attending on the Banished Duke.AmiensJaquesOthers.Le Beau, a courtier…Brewer's: Melancholy Jacques
(1 syl.). So Jean Jacques Rousseau was called for his morbid sensibilities and unhappy spirit. (1712-1777.) The expression is from Shakespeare, As You Like It, ii. 1. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Rotundity of the Belt
(Washington Irving). Obesity; a large projecting paunch; what Shakespeare calls a “fair round belly with good capon lined.” (As You Like It, ii. 7.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb
Charles and Mary Lamb William Shakespeare Contents Preface The Tempest Midsummer Night's Dream Winter's Tale Much Ado About Nothing As You Like It Two Gentlemen of Verona…Brewer's: Hart of Grease
(A). A hunter's phrase for a fat venison; a stag full of the pasture, called by Jaques “a fat and greasy citizen.” (As You Like It, i. 1.) (See Heart Of Grace.) “It is a hart of grease,…Brewer's: Spendthrift
The Danish thrift is the noun of the word thrive (to increase or prosper). Shakespeare says, “I have a mind presages me such thrift” (increase, profit). As our frugal ancestors found…Brewer's: Weasel
Weasels suck eggs. Hence Shakespeare- The weazel Scot Comes sneaking, and so sucks the princoly egg. Henry V., i. 2. “I…Brewer's: Gamelyn
(3 syl., g hard). The youngest of the three sons of Sir Johan de Boundys. On his death-bed the old knight left “five plowes of land” to each of his two elder sons, and the rest of his…Trending
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