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Brewer's: Dustman has arrived
(The), or “The sandman is about.” It is bedtime, for the children rub their eyes, as if dust or sand was in them. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894DustyDust…Marignano, battle of
(Encyclopedia) Marignano, battle ofMarignano, battle ofmärēnyäˈnō [key], 1515, in the Italian Wars, fought by Francis I of France and his Venetian allies against the Swiss Confederates, who then…Monmouth, battle of
(Encyclopedia) Monmouth, battle of, in the American Revolution, fought June 28, 1778, near the village of Monmouth Courthouse (now Freehold, N.J.). Gen. George Washington chose this location to…V.S. Naipaul
Name at birth: Vidiadhar Surajprasad NaipaulSir V. S. Naipaul was an essayist and novelist who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2001. Trinidadian by birth, Indian by descent and British by…Baron Munchausen: The Baron arrives in Englan...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe The Baron's retinue is oppo... A litigated contention betw... The Baron arrives in Englan... The Baron arrives in England-the Colossus of Rhodes comes to…Tranströmer, Tomas
(Encyclopedia) Tranströmer, Tomas, 1931–2015, Swedish poet, b. Stockholm, grad. Stockholm Univ. (1956), Sweden's (and Scandinavia's) greatest late 20th- and early 21st-century poet. First published…Lethe
(Encyclopedia) LetheLethelēˈthē [key], in Greek mythology, river of forgetfulness in Hades. The dead drank from Lethe upon their arrival in the underworld.Elgar, Sir Edward William
(Encyclopedia) Elgar, Sir Edward WilliamElgar, Sir Edward Williamĕlˈgär [key], 1857–1934, English composer. He received his training from his father, who was an organist, music seller, and amateur…Godfrey of Bouillon
(Encyclopedia) Godfrey of BouillonGodfrey of Bouillonb&oomacr;yôNˈ [key], c.1058–1100, Crusader, duke of Lower Lorraine. He fought for Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV against Pope Gregory VII and…Bluebeard
(Encyclopedia) Bluebeard, nickname of the chevalier Raoul in a story by Charles Perrault. In the story Bluebeard's seventh wife, Fatima, yielding to curiosity, opens a locked door and discovers the…Trending
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