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Brewer's: Paul of the Cross

Paul Francis, founder of the Passionists. (1694-1775.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Paul's ManPaul the Hermit A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Brewer's: Paul the Hermit

(St.) is represented as an old man, clothed with palm-leaves, and seated under a palm-tree, near which are a river and loaf of bread. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Paul Pry

An idle, meddlesome fellow, who has no occupation of his own, and is always interfering with other folk's business. (John Poole: Paul Pry, a comedy.) The original was Thomas Hill. Source…

Brewer's: Paul and Virginia

A tale by Bernardin de St. Pierre. At one time this little romance was as popular as Uncle Tom's Cabin. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Paul the HermitPaul…

Brewer's: Paul's Man

(A). A braggart; a captain out of service, with a long rapier; so called because St. Paul's Walk was at one time the haunt of stale knights. Jonson called Bobadil (q.v.) a Paul's man.…

Brewer's: Paul's Pigeons

The boys of St. Paul's School, London. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Paul's WalkersPaul's Man A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…

Brewer's: Paul's Walkers

Loungers who frequented the middle of St. Paul's, which was the Bond Street of London up to the time of the Commonwealth. (See Ben Jonson's Every Man out of his Humour, where are a variety…

Brewer's: Father Paul

Pietro Sarpi, father of the order of Servites in Venice, who changed his Christian name when he assumed the religious habit. (1552-1623.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

John Paul II

Karol Wojtyla was elected pope on October 16, 1978, becoming the Catholic Church's first non-Italian pontiff in over 450 years. He took the name John Paul II as a nod to his predecessor, John Paul I…

Paul Thomas Anderson

Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson is known for complex, critic-pleasing dramas, including 1999's Magnolia and 2008's There Will Be Blood. A child of the cinema, Anderson went about making movies right…