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Isles of the Blest
(Encyclopedia) Isles of the Blest: see Fortunate Isles.Fortunate Isles
(Encyclopedia) Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blest, in classical and Celtic legend, islands in the Western Ocean. There the souls of favored mortals were received by the gods and lived happily in a…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Fickle Fortune: A Fragment
by Robert Burns Raging Fortune-Fragment Of SongFickle Fortune: A Fragment Though fickle Fortune has deceived me, She pormis'd fair and perform'd but ill; Of mistress,…Shore, Jane
(Encyclopedia) Shore, Jane, or Elizabeth Shore, d. 1527?, mistress of Edward IV of England. The wife of William Shore, a goldsmith, she became c.1470 mistress to Edward IV and exerted a great…Cookie's Fortune
Director: Robert AltmanWriter: Anne RappOctober Films; PG-13; 118 minutesRelease:4/99Cast: Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler, Chris O'Donnell, Charles S. Dutton Robert Altman…Brewer's: Fortune
Fortune favours the brave. (“Fortes fortuna adjuvat.”) (Terence: Phormio, i. 4.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FortunioFortunatus A B C D E F G H I…To His Coy Mistress
To His Coy Mistress Had we but World enough, and Time, This coyness Lady were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long Loves Day. Thou by the Indian Ganges…Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
Name at birth: Cassandra PetersonActress Cassandra Peterson is better known as her spoofy, sexy alter ego: Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Cassandra Peterson was just another struggling actress during…Brewer's: Mistress of the Night
(The). The tuberose is so called because it emits its strongest fragrance after sunset. Sometimes, on a sultry evening, when the atmosphere is highly electrified, the fading flowers of the…Brewer's: Mistress Roper
The Marines, or any one of them; so called by the regular sailors, because they handle the ropes like girls, not being used to them. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…