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Brewer's: Ashtaroth
The goddess-moon in Syrian mythology, called by Jeremiah (vii. 18, xliv. 17, 25) “the queen of heaven.” Goddess of the Zidonians. Mooned Ashtaroth, Heaven's queen and mother both. Milton:…Brewer's: Peak
(The), Derbyshire. “The Queen of Scots' Pillar” is a column in the cave of the peak as clear as alabaster, and so called because Mary Queen of Scots proceeded thus far, and then returned…William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 2), Act V
Act VScene IFields between Dartford and BlackheathEnter York, and his army of Irish, with drum and coloursYorkFrom Ireland thus comes York to claim his right, And pluck the crown from feeble…December 2012 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of December…Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Leap-Frog
The Snow QueenThe ElderbushThe Leap-Frog A Flea, a Grasshopper, and a Leap-frog once wanted to see which could jump highest; and they invited the whole world, and everybody else besides…Brewer's: Bolton
The Bolton Ass. This creature is said to have chewed tobacco and taken snuff. (Dr. Doran.) Bate me an ace, quoth Bolton. Give me some advantage. What you say must be qualified, as it is…Brewer's: Braggadochio
A braggart. One who is very valiant with his tongue, but a great coward at heart. A barking dog that bites not. The character is from Spenser's Faërie Queene, and a type of the “…Brewer's: Brandy Nan
Queen Anne, who was very fond of brandy (1664, 1702-1714). On the statue of Queen Anne in St. Paul's Churchyard a wit wrote- Brandy Nan, Brandy Nan, left in the lurch, Her face to the gin-…Brewer's: Lucifera
[Pride ] lived in a splendid palace, only its foundation was of sand. The door stood always open, and the queen gave welcome to every comer. Her six privy ministers are Idleness, Gluttony…Brewer's: Faërie
or Feerie. The land of the fays or faeries. The chief fay realms are Avalon, an island somewhere in the ocean; Oberon's dominions, situate “in wilderness among the holtis hairy;” and a…Trending
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