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Fishers Hill
(Encyclopedia) Fishers Hill, bluff, near Strasburg, Va., in the Shenandoah Valley; site of Union Gen. Philip Sheridan's defeat of Gen. Jubal Early on Sept. 22, 1864, during the Civil War.Brewer's: Le Roi le Veut
(French, The king wills it.) The form of royal assent made by the clerk of parliament to bills submitted to the Crown. The dissent is expressed by Le roi s'avisera (the king will give it…Brewer's: Anvil
It is on the anvil, under deliberation; the project is in hand. Of course, the reference is to a smithy. “She had another arrangement on the anvil.” —Le Fanu: The House in the Churchyard…Brewer's: Number Nip
The gnome king of the Giant Mountains. (Musaeus: Popular Tales.) “She was like one of those portly dowagers in Number Nip's society of metamorphose and turnips.” —LeFanu: The House in the…Appomattox
(Encyclopedia) Appomattox Appomattox ăpəmătˈəks [key], town (2020 pop. 16,119), seat of Appomattox co., central Va.; inc. 1925. Confederate general Robert E. Lee…Brewer's: Jonathan's Arrows
They were shot to give warning, and not to hurt. (1 Sam. xx. 36.) “If the husband would reprove his wife, it should be in such a mood as if he did chide himself; and his words like…Brewer's: To morrow never Comes
A reproof to those who defer till to-morrow what should be done to-day. “ `I shall acquaint your mother, Miss May, with your pretty behaviour to-morrow.'- `I suppose you mean to-morrow…Brewer's: Walpurgis Night
The eve of May Day, when the old pagan witch-world was supposed to hold high revelry under its chief on certain high places. The Brocken of Germany was…Brewer's: Mouth
Down in the mouth. (See under Down.) His mouth was made, he was trained or reduced to obedience, like a horse trained to the bit. “At first, of course, the fireworker showed fight ... but…Jim Sheridan Biography
Jim Sheridanfilm directorBorn: 2/6/1949Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Sheridan's movies most often deal with the realities of Irish working-class life and the human consequences of Northern Ireland's…Trending
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