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Brewer's: Well Begun is Half Done
“The beginning is half the whole.” (Pythagoras.) French: “Heureux commencement est la moitiéde l'oeuvre.” “Ce n'est que le premier pas…Rochester, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) RochesterRochesterrŏchˈĕstər, –ĭstər [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 70,745), seat of Olmsted co., SE Minn.; inc. 1858. It is a farm trade center, and its industries include printing and…anesthesia
(Encyclopedia) anesthesiaanesthesiaănĭsthēˈzhə [key] [Gr.,=insensibility], loss of sensation, especially that of pain, induced by drugs, especially as a means of facilitating safe surgical procedures…Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer
(Encyclopedia) Peabody, Elizabeth PalmerPeabody, Elizabeth Palmerpēˈbädē, –bədē [key], 1804–94, American educator, lecturer, and reformer, b. Billerica, Mass. The Peabody family moved (c.1809) to…2,000 Years of the Necktie: Did Romans Wear Ties?
Did Romans Wear Ties? by David Johnson Neckties Through the Ages Introduction210 B.C.China's First Emperor 113 A.D. Did Romans Wear Ties? 17th CenturyCroatian Cravats for the King of…Brewer's: Castor
A hat. Castor is the Latin for a beaver, and beaver means a hat made of the beaver's skin. Tom Trot Took his new castor from his head. Randall: Diary. Castor and Pollux What we call…Brewer's: Crib
(A). Slang for a house or dwelling, as a “Stocking Crib” (i.e. a hosiery), a “Thimble Crib” (i.e. a silversmith's). Crib is an ox—stall. (Anglo-Saxon, crib, a stall, a bed, etc.) “Where no…Brewer's: Tragedy
The goat-song (Greek, tragos-ode). The song that wins the goat as a prize. This is the explanation given by Horace ( De Arte Poetica, 220). (See Comedy.) Tragedy. The first English…Brewer's: Quintessence
The fifth essence. The ancient Greeks said there are four elements or forms in which matter can exist- fire, or the imponderable form; air, or the gaseous form; water, or the liquid form…Brewer's: Axe
“To hang up one's axe.” To retire from business, to give over a useless project. The allusion is to the ancient battle-axe, hung up to the gods when the fight was done. All classical…Trending
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