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Sara Teasdale: In the End

In the EndAll that could never be said, All that could never be done, Wait for us at last Somewhere back of the sun;All the heart broke to forego Shall be ours without pain, We shall take…

Brewer's: End-irons

Two movable iron cheeks or plates, still used in cooking-stoves to enlarge or contract the grate at pleasure. The term explains itself, but must not be mistaken for andirons or “dogs.”…

Brewer's: End Paper

The blank fly-leaves of a book. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894End of the WorldEnd-irons A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…

Brewer's: End of the World

(The). According to rabbinical mythology, the world is to last six thousand years. The reasons assigned are (1) because the name Jehova contains six letters; (2) because the Hebrew letter…

Words Ending in "gry"

The Question: There are supposed to be three words that end in "gry". Hungry and angry are two of them. What is the third one? The Answer: In common English, there are actually only two words…

Words that End in "dous"

The Question: There are four words that end in "dous" in the English language and I can only come up with three - stupendous, tremendous and horrendous. Can…

A Christmas Carol: The End of It

The Last of the Spirits The End of It YES! and the bedpost was his own. The bed was his own, the room was his own. Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make…

The Devil's Dictionary: End

by Ambrose Bierce ENCOMIASTENOUGHEND -n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor. The man was perishing apace Who played the tambourine; The seal of…

The End of a Long Journey

Chapter 25 The End of a Long Journey The reunited party now set out for the lower river and proceeded rapidly down-stream, favored with a good wind. They made eighty-six miles…

Portugal: End of an Empire

With the turnover of Macao, the Portuguese colonial empire comes to a close by Borgna Brunner On December 20, 1999 Portugal gave up the last colony in its once vast overseas…