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Brewer's: Wedding Anniversaries
The 5th anniversary is called the Wooden wedding, The 10th anniversary is called the Tin wedding, The 15th anniversary is called the…Brewer's: Gibraltar
(g soft). A contraction of Gibel al Tari (Gibal Tar), “mountain of Tari.” This Tari ben Zeyad was an Arabian general who, under the orders of Mousa, landed at Calpë in 710, and utterly…Brewer's: Gig-manity
Respectability. A word invented by Carlyle. A witness in the trial of John Thurtell said, “I always thought him [Thurtell] a respectable man.” And being asked by the judge what he meant,…Baseball in America: A History
Source: The U.S. Department of State The sport that evokes more nostalgia among Americans than any other is baseball. So many people play the game as children (or play its close relative,…Ashputtel
Ashputtel The wife of a rich man fell sick; and when she felt that her end drew nigh, she called her only daughter to her bed-side, and said, 'Always be a good girl, and I will look down from…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Ballad On The American War
by Robert Burns Epitaph On My Ever Honoured FatherReply To An Announcement By J....Ballad On The American War Tune-"Killiecrankie." When Guilford good our pilot stood An'…1980 Radio & Records All-Time Charts
1980 Radio & Records All-Time ChartsPop Adult“All Out of Love” Air Supply (Arista)“Lost in Love” Air Supply (Arista)“Magic” Olivia Newton-John (MCA)“Sailing” Christopher Cross (Warner…Brewer's: Balaam
The Earl of Huntingdon, one of the rebels in Monmouth's army. And, therefore, in the name of dulness, be The well-hung Balaam. Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel, 1573–4. Balaam. A “citizen…Brewer's: Agate
Ag′ate(2 syl.). So called, says Pliny (xxxvii. 10), from Achates or Gagates, a river in Sicily, near which it is found in abundance. These, these are they, if we consider well, That…Brewer's: Blaze
A white mark in the forehead of a horse. (Icelandic, blesi, a white star on the forehead of a horse; German, blasz, pale.) A star is a sort of white diamond in the forehead. A blaze is an…Trending
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