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Michael Gambon
Sir Michael Gambon was the Irish-British actor whose long career stretched from doing Shakespeare with Sir Laurence Olivier at the Royal National Theater in the 1960s to playing the good-guy wizard…E. L. Konigsburg Biography
E. L. KonigsburgChildren's book authorBorn: Feb. 10, 1930Birthplace: New York, N.Y. Born in New York City, Elaine Lobl grew up in small towns in Pennsylvania. She was the first member of her…1954 Emmy Awards
Best Dramatic SeriesU.S. Steel Hour (ABC)Best Actor Starring in a Regular SeriesDanny Thomas, Make Room for DaddyBest Actress Starring in a Regular SeriesLoretta Young, Loretta Young ShowBest…Brewer's: Fleance
(2 syl.). Son of Banquo. (Shakespeare: Macbeth.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FlecheFlea's Jump A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…Brewer's: Or Ever
Ere ever. (Saxon, aer, before.) “Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio.” Shakespeare: Hamlet, i. 2. “Dying or ere they sicken.” Macbeth, iv. 2. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…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: Hag
A witch or sorceress. (Anglo-Saxon, hægtesse, a witch or hag.) “How now you secret, black, and midnight hags?” Shakespeare: Macbeth, iv. I. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Hell Broth
A magical mixture prepared for evil purposes. The witches in Macbeth made it. (See act iv. 1.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Hell GateHell A B C D E…Brewer's: Lizard
(The). Supposed, at one time, to be venomous, and hence a “lizard's leg” was an ingredient of the witch's cauldron in Macbeth. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Golden Opinions
“I have bought golden opinions of all sorts of people.” (Shakespeare: Macbeth, i. 7.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Golden PalaceGolden Ointment A B C D…Trending
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