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Brewer's: Sablonnière
(La). The sand-pits. So the Tuileries were called to the fourteenth century. Towards the end of that century tiles were made there, but the sand-pits were first called the Tile-works or…Brewer's: Precieuses Ridicules
(in Molière's comedy so called). Aminte and Polixéne, who assume the airs of the Hotel de Rambouillet, a coterie of savants of both sexes in the seventeenth century. The members of this…Lost Islands of the World
Traveler's guide to deserted islands for when you really, really want to be alone by Borgna Brunner Smoke rises from McDonald Island's volcano. Coming Up Clipperton Island…Brewer's: Inn
(Anglo-Saxon). Chamber; originally applied to a mansion, like the French hotel. Hence Clifford's Inn, once the mansion of De Clifford; Lincoln's Inn, the mansion of the Earls of Lincoln;…Brewer's: Knights of the Spigot
Landlords of hotels, etc.; mine host is a “knight of the spigot.” “When an old song comes a oross us merry old knights of the spigot it runs away with our discretion.” —SirW.Scott:…Brewer's: Fiacre
A French cab or hackney coach. So called from the Hotel de St. Fiacre, Paris, where the first station of these coaches was established by M. Sauvage, about 1650. According to Alban Butler…Entertainment News from November 1999
1The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Will Smith and Barry Sonnenfeld have agreed to put the kibosh on plans for a Muhammad Ali film. Sony plans to keep the project in development, with…Women's Suffrage: The Crises of 1916
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Woman Suffrage by Federal AmendmentThe Fighting ForcesThe Crises of 1916As a presidential election was on its way for the autumn of 1916,…Trending
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