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The Second Coming

The Second ComingTurning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-…

The Physician Comes

The Physician ComesSolus AdestMeditationJohn Donne AS sickness is the greatest misery, so the greatest misery of sickness is solitude; when the infectiousness of the disease deters them who…

Brewer's: Come it

Has he come it? Has he lent the money? Has he hearkened to your request? Has he come over to your side? Also, “Out with it!” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Come That

as, Can you come that? I can't come that. Here, “come” means to arrive at, to accomplish. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Come the Religious DodgeCome Short…

Brewer's: Come to

Amount to, to obtain possession. “It will not come to much.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Come to GriefCome the Religious Dodge A B C D E F G H I…

Brewer's: Comes

(2 syl.). A Latin military title, now called count on the continent of Europe, but earl in England from the Saxon earldorman (alderman), Danish eorle. The wife of an earl is called…

Louise McIntosh SLAUGHTER, Congress, NY (1929)

SLAUGHTER Louise McIntosh , a Representative from New York; born Louise McIntosh in Harlan County, Ky., August 14, 1929; graduated from Somerset High School, Somerset, Ky., 1947; B.S., University…

Jephthah

(Encyclopedia) JephthahJephthahjĕfˈthə [key], in the Book of Judges, a Hebrew raider, son of Gilead and a judge of Israel. He vowed if victorious over the Ammonites to sacrifice the first of his…

Russell, Charles Taze

(Encyclopedia) Russell, Charles Taze, 1852–1916, founder of the movement whose followers are known as Russellites, as Bible Students, and (since 1931) as Jehovah's Witnesses, b. Pittsburgh, Pa. There…

National League Runs Batted In Through the Years

National League Multiple winners: Hank Aaron, Rogers Hornsby, Sherry Magee, Mike Schmidt and Honus Wagner (4); Johnny Bench, George Foster, Joe Medwick, Johnny Mize and Heinie Zimmerman (3); Ernie…