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Brewer's: Roger
The cook in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. “He cowde roste, sethe, broille, and frie. Make mortreux, and wel bake a pye;” but Herry Bailif, the host, said to him- Now telle on, Roger, and…Brewer's: Round
A watchman's beat. He starts from one point, and comes round again to the same place. To walk the Round. The lawyers used frequently to give interviews to their clients in the Round…Brewer's: Genius
Genii (Roman mythology) were attendant spirits. Everyone had two of these tutelaries from his cradle to his grave. But the Roman genii differ in many respects from the Eastern. The Persian…Top 100 Works in World Literature
Source: Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, 2002. The editors of the Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, polled a panel of 100 authors from 54…1999 British Academy of Film and Television Awards
The 1999 BAFTA Awards, the British equivalent of our Oscar and Emmy awards (combined into one ceremony), were presented April 11, 1999 in London. These are the film awards.FilmShakespeare in…Utopia: Introduction
Introduction Sir Thomas More, son of Sir John More, a justice of the King's Bench, was born in 1478, in Milk Street, in the city of London. After his earlier education at St. Anthony's…Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus
(Encyclopedia) Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor AmadeusHoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeusĕrnst tāˈōdōr ämädāˈ&oobreve;s hôfˈmän [key], 1776–1822, German romantic novelist and composer, a lawyer. At one time…Pyle, Howard
(Encyclopedia) Pyle, Howard, 1853–1911, American illustrator and writer, b. Wilmington, Del., studied at the Art Students League, New York City. His illustrations appeared regularly in Harper's…Brewer's: Distaff
A woman. Properly the staff from which the flax was drawn in spinning. The allusion is to the ancient custom of women, who spun from morning to night. (See Spinster.) “The crown of France…Brewer's: Gold
By the ancient alchemists, gold represented the sun, and silver the moon. In heraldry, gold is expressed by dots. All he touches turns to gold. It is said of Midas that whatever he…Trending
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