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Brewer's: Lion and the True Prince
(The). The lion will not touch the true prince (1 Henry IV., ii. 4). This is a religious superstition; the “true prince,” strictly speaking, being the Messiah, who is called “the Lion of…Brewer's: Gallery
To play with one eye on the gallery. To work for popularity. As an actor who sacrifices his author for popular applause, or a stump political orator “orates” to catch votes. “The instant…Brewer's: Flogged by Deputy
When Henri IV. of France abjured Protestantism and was received into the Catholic Church, in 1595, two ambassadors were sent to Rome who knelt in the portico of St. Peter, and sang the…The Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner
The ringleader of the murders, Edgar Ray Killen, was convicted on June 21, 2005, the 41st anniversary of the crimes Related Links Black History Month Encyclopedia: Civil Rights For Kids…How to Save Energy
Give your car—and the Earth—a rest by Rachael Stark Related Links Quiz: Famous Environmentalists Environment and NatureInternational EnergyEPA: Earth DayEarth Day at the Library of Congress…Brewer's: Jordeloo
(3 syl.). Notice given to passengers when dirty water was thrown from chamber windows into the street. Either “Gare de l'eau,” or else “Jorda' lo!” the mutula being usually called the “…Brewer's: Dished
(l syl.). I was dished out of it. Cheated out of it; or rather, some one else contrived to obtain it. A contraction of disherit. The heir is dish't out of his inheritance when his father…Brewer's: Legal Tender
(A). The circulating medium of a nation, according to a standard fixed by the government of that nation. It may be in metal, in paper, or anything else that the government may choose to…Brewer's: Hanging
Hanging and wiving go by destiny. “If a man is doomed to be hanged, he will never be drowned.” And “marriages are made in heaven,” we are told. If matrimony and hanging go By destny, why…Academia and Culture
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