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Brewer's: Jail-bird
(A). One who has been in jail as a prisoner. “At this late period of Christianity we are brought up to abhor jail-birds as we do toads.” —Beecher: The Plymouth Pulpit, August 30th, 1874,…Brewer's: Johnny Crapaud
A Frenchman, so called by the English sailors in the long Napoleon contest. The ancient Flemings used to call the French “Crapaud Franchos.” In allusion to the toads borne originally in…Brewer's: Li-Flambe
The banner of Clovis miraculously displayed to him in the skies. (See Toads.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lia-failLeze Majesty A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Sub Cultro Liquit
He left me in the lurch, like a toad under the harrow, or an ox under the knife. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Sub HastaSuaviter in Modo A B C D E F…Brewer's: Ithuriel's Spear
The spear of the the angel Ithuriel, the slightest touch of which exposed deceit. Hence, when Satan squatted like a toad “close to the ear of Eve,” Ithuriel only touched the creature with…Brewer's: Crapaud
or Johnny Crapaud. A Frenchman; so called from the device of the ancient kings of France, “three toads erect, saltant.” (Guillim's Display of Heraldrie, 1611.) Nostradamus, in the…Brewer's: Scorpion
It is said that scorpions have an oil which is a remedy against their stings. The toad also is said to have an antidote to its “venom.” `Tis true, a scorpion's oil is said To cure the…Brewer's: Rodrigo
[Rod-reé-go] or Roderick, King of Spain, conquered by the Arabs. He saved his life by flight, and wandered to Guadalet'e, where he saw a shepherd, and asked food. In return he gave the…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Prometheus Unbound Scene 3.4:
by Percy Bysshe Shelley SCENE 3.3: Act 4 SCENE 3.4: A FOREST. IN THE BACKGROUND A CAVE. PROMETHEUS, ASIA, PANTHEA, IONE, AND THE SPIRIT OF THE EARTH. IONE: Sister, it is not earthly: how…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, January 15, 1806
Day 1144 Day 1146 Lewis, January 15, 1806 Thursday January 15th 1806. Had a large coat completed out of the skins of the Tiger Cat and those also of a small animal about the size of a…Trending
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