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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Death And Dying Words Of Poor Mailie, The Author's Only Pet Yowe., The
by Robert Burns Poor Mailie's ElegyDeath And Dying Words Of Poor Mailie, The Author's Only Pet Yowe., The An Unco Mournfu' Tale As Mailie, an' her lambs thegither, Was ae day…Brewer's: Chalk
I'll chalk out your path for you- i.e. lay it down or plan it out as a carpenter or ship-builder plans out his work with a piece of chalk. I can walk a chalk as well as you. I am no more…Fat and Calorie Content of Fast Food Versus a Home-Cooked Meal
Eating fast food once in a while won’t hurt you, but too much of it can cause serious problems. Most fast food contains too many calories, salt and artery-…Brewer's: Wroth Money
or Wroth Silver. Money paid to the lord in lieu of castle guard for military service; a tribute paid for killing accidentally some person of note; a…Brewer's: Miracles
(Latin, miraculum). Vespasian, the Roman emperor, is said to have cured a blind man and a cripple by his touch during his stay in Alexandria. Mahomet's miracles. He took a scroll of the…Brewer's: Giles
(1 syl., g soft). The “farmer's boy” in Bloomfield's poem so called. Giles (St.). Patron saint of cripples. The tradition is that the king of France, hunting in the desert, accidentally…Brewer's: Dun Cow
The dun cow of Dunsmore heath was a savage beast slain by Sir Guy, Earl of Warwick. A huge tusk, probably that of an elephant, is still shown at Harwich Castle as one of the horns of the…Brewer's: Lady Isabella
the beloved daughter of a noble lord, accompanied her father and mother on a chase one day, when her step-mother requested her to return and tell the master-cook to prepare “the milk-white…Brewer's: Heart's Ease
The viola tricolor. It has a host of fancy names; as, the “Butterfly flower,” “Kiss me quick,” a “Kiss behind the garden gate,” “Love in idleness,” “Pansy,” “Three faces under one hood,”…Song of Solomon: 4
Song of Solomon Chapter 4 1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount…