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Brewer's: Twa Dogs
of Robert Burns, perhaps suggested by the Spanish Colloguio de Dos Perros, by Cervantes. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894TwangdilloTutivillus A B C D E…Hughes, Howard Robard
(Encyclopedia) Hughes, Howard Robard, 1905–76, U.S. business executive, b. Houston. As a young man he inherited (1925) the patent rights to an oil tool drill, which, manufactured by the Hughes Tool…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Twa Dogs[1]
by Robert Burns The Auld Farmer's New-Year-Mor...The Author's Earnest Cry And PrayerThe Twa Dogs[1] A Tale 'Twas in that place o' Scotland's isle, That bears the name o'…Saarinen, Eero
(Encyclopedia) Saarinen, EeroSaarinen, Eeroāˈrō säˈrĭnĕn [key], 1910–61, Finnish-American architect, grad. Yale (B.A., 1934), became an American citizen in 1940; son of Eliel Saarinen. Saarinen's…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Twa Herds; Or, The Holy Tulyie
by Robert Burns Man Was Made To Mourn: A DirgeThe Twa Herds; Or, The Holy Tulyie An Unco Mournfu' Tale "Blockheads with reason wicked wits abhor, But fool with fool is…Ruanda-Urundi
(Encyclopedia) Ruanda-UrundiRuanda-Urundir&oomacr;änˈdä-&oomacr;r&oomacr;nˈdē [key], former colonial territory, central Africa, now divided between the independent states of Rwanda and…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Lass Of Cessnock Banks, The[1]
by Robert Burns Song-Here's To Thy HealthSong-Bonie Peggy AlisonLass Of Cessnock Banks, The[1] A Song of Similes Tune-"If he be a Butcher neat and trim." On Cessnock…Pygmy
(Encyclopedia) Pygmy or PigmyPigmyboth: pĭgˈmē [key], term used for dark-skinned people who live in equatorial rain forests and average less than 59 in. (150 cm) in height. Some studies make a…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Ronalds Of The Bennals, The
by Robert Burns Song-Here's To Thy HealthRonalds Of The Bennals, The In Tarbolton, ye ken, there are proper young men, And proper young lasses and a', man; But ken ye the…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: I Gaed A Waefu' Gate Yestreen
by Robert Burns Ca' The Yowes To The KnowesHighland Harry Back AgainI Gaed A Waefu' Gate Yestreen I gaed a waefu' gate yestreen, A gate, I fear, I'll dearly rue; I gat my…