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Jonson, Ben

(Encyclopedia) Jonson, Ben, 1572–1637, English dramatist and poet, b. Westminster, London. The high-spirited buoyancy of Jonson's plays and the brilliance of his language have earned him a reputation…

Brewer's: Humour

As good humour, ill or had humour, etc. According to an ancient theory, there are four principal humours in the body: phlegm, blood, choler, and black bile. As any one of these…

Pandora, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia) PandoraPandorapăndôrˈə [key], in Greek mythology, first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus to create her as vengeance upon man and his benefactor, Prometheus. The gods endowed her…

Aesop's Fables: The Man and His Two Sweethearts

by Aesop The Birds, the Beasts, and the BatThe Eagle, the Jackdaw, and the ShepherdThe Man and His Two Sweethearts A Man of middle age, whose hair was turning grey, had two Sweethearts, an…

The Old Man and His Grandson

The Old Man and His Grandson There was once a very old man, whose eyes had become dim, his ears dull of hearing, his knees trembled, and when he sat at table he could hardly hold the spoon,…

Odd Man Out

ABCFriday 9:30–10:00 p.m.; canceledCast:Erik von Detten, Markie Post, Jessica Capshaw Fifteen-year-old South Beach teenager (von Detten) knows just about all there is to know about women —…

Brewer's: Every Man Jack of Them

Everyone. The older form of everyone was everichon, often divided into every chone, corrupted first into every-john, then into every Jack, then perverted into every man Jack of 'em. “I…

Barlaam and Josaphat

(Encyclopedia) Barlaam and JosaphatBarlaam and Josaphatbärˈläəm, jōˈsəfăt [key], legend popular in medieval times. It corresponds in part to the legend of Buddha. Versions of the story have been…