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Brewer's: Iphicles' Oxen
Quid hoc ad Iphicli boves? What has that to do with the subject in hand? So in L'Avocat the judge had to pull up the shepherd every minute with the question, “Mais, mon ami, revenon à nos…Aesop's Fables: The Oxen and the Butchers
by Aesop The Soldier and His HorseThe Wolf and the LionThe Oxen and the Butchers Once upon a time the Oxen determined to be revenged upon the Butchers for the havoc they wrought in their…Aesop's Fables: The Oxen and the Axletrees
by Aesop The Two BagsThe Boy and the FilbertsThe Oxen and the Axletrees A pair of Oxen were drawing a heavily loaded waggon along the highway, and, as they tugged and strained at the yoke…Brewer's: Drives fat Oxen
(Who). Brook, in his Gustavus Vasa, says: “Who rules o'er freemen should himself be free,” which Dr. Johnson parodied thus: “Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat.” (Boswell's Life,…Peary Land
(Encyclopedia) Peary Land, peninsula, N Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It terminates in Cape Bridgman in the northeast and Cape Morris Jesup in the north, the most northerly point of…Troyon, Constant
(Encyclopedia) Troyon, ConstantTroyon, ConstantkôNstäNˈ trwäyôNˈ [key], 1810–65, French painter of the Barbizon school, famous for his pictures of animals, particularly cows, in landscape. Among his…Burke, Kenneth Duva
(Encyclopedia) Burke, Kenneth Duva, 1897–1993, American critic, b. Pittsburgh, Pa. He was music critic for The Dial (1927–29) and The Nation (1934–36). A profound thinker whose writings have…acre, measure of land area
(Encyclopedia) acre, measure of land area used in the English units of measurement. The acre was originally the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day and therefore differed in size from one…Nunivak
(Encyclopedia) NunivakNunivakn&oomacr;ˈnĭvăk [key], island, c.1,700 sq mi (4,400 sq km), off W Alaska, in the Bering Sea. It is the second largest island in the Bering Sea. Fogbound most of the…Melville Island, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Melville Island, c.16,400 sq mi (42,500 sq km), Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, N of Victoria Island; largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. Generally hilly (rising to c.1,…Trending
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