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Brewer's: Coward

(anciently written culvard) is either from the French, couard, originally written culvert, from culver (a pigeon), pigeon-livered being still a common expression for a coward; or else from…

The Celtic Twilight: A Coward

by W. B. Yeats The Man and His BootsThe Three O'Byrnes and the Evil FaeriesA Coward One day I was at the house of my friend the strong farmer, who lives beyond Ben Bulben and Cope's…

Skvorecky, Josef

(Encyclopedia) Skvorecky, Josef, Czech Josef Václav ŠkvoreckýSkvorecky, Josef,yōˈzĕf vätsˈläv shkvôrˈĕtskē [key], 1924–2012, Czech-born novelist, grad. Charles Univ., Prague (1951). Written in 1949,…

Present Laughter

By: Noel CowardDirector: Scott ElliottSets: Derek McLaneCostumes: Ann RothLighting: Brian MacDevittSound: Raymond D. SchilkeTechnical Supervision: Neil A. MazzellaAssociate Producer: Jorge…

Thomas Rust UNDERWOOD, Congress, KY (1898-1956)

Senate Years of Service: 1951-1952 Party: Democrat UNDERWOOD Thomas Rust , a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., March 3, 1898; attended the…

Brewer's: Cowper

Called “Author of The Task,” from his principal poem. (1731-1800.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cowper LawCoward A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…

Brewer's: Cow-lick

A tuft of hair on the human forehead, sometimes called a feather; it cannot be made to lie in the same direction as the rest of the hair by brushing, or even by pomatum. When cows lick…

William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, Act V, Scene III

Scene IIIAnother part of the fieldEnter Posthumus Leonatus and a British LordLordCamest thou from where they made the stand?Posthumus LeonatusI did. Though you, it seems, come from the fliers…