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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 29, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 28, 1806May 30, 1806May 29, 1806 Thursday May 29th 1806. No movement of the party today worthy of notice. we have once more a good stock of…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: September 7, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark September 6, 1804September 8, 1804September 7, 1804 7th September Friday 1804. a verry Cold morning Set out at Day light near the foot of this…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, April 15, 1805
Day 595 Day 597 Lewis, April 15, 1805 Monday April 15th 1805. Set out at an early hour this morning. I walked on shore, and Capt. Clark continued with the party it being an invariable…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 1, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 30, 1804July 2, 1804July 1, 1804 July 1st 1804, last night one of the Sentinals Chang'd either a man or Beast, which run off, all prepared…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, May 29, 1806
Day 1418 Day 1420 Lewis, May 29, 1806 Thursday May 29th 1806. No movement of the party today worthy of notice. we have once more a good stock of meat and roots. Bratton is recovering his…Brewer's: Fritz
(Old Fritz). Frederick II. the Great, King of Prussia (1712, 1740-1786). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FrogFrithiof's Sword A B C D E F G H I J K…Brewer's: Frollo
(Archdeacon Claude). A priest who has a great reputation for sanctity, but falls in love with a gipsy girl, and pursues her with relentless persecution because she will not yield to him. (…Brewer's: Nice
The Council of Nice. The first oecumencial council of the Christian Church, held under Constantine the Great at Nice, or Nicæa, in Asia Minor, to condemn the Arian heresy (325). The…Brewer's: Paddock
Cold as a paddock. A paddock is a toad or frog; and we have the corresponding phrases “cold as a toad,” and “cold as a frog.” Both are cold-blooded. “Paddock calls.” (Macbeth, i. 1.)…Brewer's: Pelos
[mud]. Father of Physignathos, king of the frogs. (Battle of the Frogs and Mice.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PeltPelorus Cape di Faro, A B C D E F…Trending
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