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Brewer's: Cicero
So called from the Latin, cicer (a wart or vetch). Plutarch says “a flat excrescence on the tip of his nose gave him this name.” His real name was (Tullius) Tully. La Bouche de Ciceron.…Brewer's: Man
(Isle of), called by the ancient Britons main-au (little island), Latinised into Menav -ia. Caesar calls it Mona (i.e. Mon-ah), the Scotch pronunciation of Manau. Mona and Pliny's Monabia…Brewer's: Frenchman
Done like a Frenchman, turn and turn again (1 Henry VI., iii. 4). The French are usually satirised by mediæval English authors as a fickle, wavering nation. Dr. Johnson says he once read a…Brewer's: Feasts
Anniversary days of joy. They are either immovable or movable. The chief immovable feasts are the four rent-days—viz. the Annunciation or Lady-Day (March 25th), the Nativity of John the…Brewer's: Pagan Works of Art
In Rome there are numerous works of art intended for Pagan deities and Roman emperors perverted into Christian notabilities. ANGELS, in St. Peter's of Rome, are old Pagan statues of Cupids…America’s Top Ten Most Popular Landmarks, 2014
Source: Gettysburg Cemetery (Wikimedia Commons), Golden Gate Bridge (Jeff Chiu for Associated Press), Alcatraz Island (Eric…Brewer's: Lamb
In Christian art, an emblem of the Redeemer, called the “Lamb of God.” It is also the attribute of St. Agnes, St. Geneviève, St. Catherine, and St. Regina. John the Baptist either carries…Brewer's: Doctor
A seventh son used to be so dubbed from the notion of his being intuitively skilled in the cure of agues, the king's evil, and other diseases. “Plusieurs croyent qu'en France les…Brewer's: Nicknames
National Nicknames: For an American of the United States, “Brother Jonathan” (q.v.). For a Dutchman, “Nic Frog” (q.v.), and “Mynheer Closh” (q.v.). For an Englishman, “John Bull.” (See…Trending
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