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Edgeworth, Maria
(Encyclopedia) Edgeworth, Maria, 1767–1849, Irish novelist; daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth. She lived practically her entire life on her father's estate in Ireland. Letters for Literary Ladies…Brewer's: Rack-rent
The actual value or rent of a tenement, and not that modified form on which the rates and taxes are usually levied. (Saxon, raecan, to stretch; Dutch, racken.) “A rent which is equivalent…The Castle
Director:Rob SitchWriters:Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob SitchMiramax; R; 85 minutesRelease:5/99Cast:Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry Living adjacent to an…castle
(Encyclopedia) castle, type of fortified dwelling characteristic of the Middle Ages. Fortification of towns had been in practice since antiquity, but in the 9th cent. feudal lords began to develop…Castles in the Air
Castles in the AirLaurie lay luxuriously swinging to and fro in his hammock one warm September afternoon, wondering what his neighbors were about, but too lazy to go and find out. He was in…The Last Castle
Director:Rod LurieWriters:David Scarpa and Graham YostDreamWorks; R; 120 minutesRelease:10/01Cast:Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo What would happen if people who spent time…Brewer's: Doubting Castle
The castle of the giant Despair, in which Christian and Hopeful were incarcerated, but from which they escaped by means of the key called “Promise.” (Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progress.) Source…Brewer's: Castle in the Air
A splendid edifice, but one which has no existence. In fairy tales we often have these castles built at a word, and vanishing as soon, like that built for Aladdin by the Genius of the Lamp…Brewer's: Castle Builder
(A). One who entertains sanguine hopes. One who builds air-castles which have no existence except in a dreamy imagination. (See below.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Castle of Bungay
(My). Were I in my Castle of Bungay Vpon the riuer of Waueney, I would ne care for the King of Cockney. Attributed to Lord Bigod of Bungay. The lines are in Camden's Britannia (edit. 1607…Trending
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