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Brewer's: One Touch of Nature Makes the whole World Kin
(Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, iii. 3.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Onion PenniesOne too Many for Him A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…Brewer's: Trois pour Cent
A cheap hat. Running with bare head about, While the town is tempest-tost, `Prentice lads unheeded shout That their three-per-cents, are lost. Désaugiers: Le Pilier du Café. Source:…Cressida, in astronomy
(Encyclopedia) Cressida, in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus.Plays by William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareContentsThe TempestDramatis PersonaeAct IScene IScene IIAct IIScene IScene IIAct IIIScene IScene IIScene IIIAct IVScene IAct VScene IEpilogueTwo Gentlemen of VeronaDramatis…Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, the poetic collection of stories widely regarded as the beginning of English literature. The stories, by turns bawdy, comical and pious, are told by a…Boccaccio, Giovanni
(Encyclopedia) Boccaccio, GiovanniBoccaccio, Giovannijōvänˈnē [key], 1313–75, Italian poet and storyteller, author of the Decameron. Born in Paris, the illegitimate son of a Tuscan merchant and a…Calchas
(Encyclopedia) CalchasCalchaskălˈkăs [key], in Greek legend, seer whose prophecies aided the Greeks in the Trojan War. In medieval romances, he is the father of Cressida.Priam
(Encyclopedia) PriamPriamprīˈəm [key], in Greek mythology, king of Troy during the Trojan War, son of Laomedon. Priam had several wives and was the father of 50 sons and many daughters. His chief…Usk, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Usk, ThomasUsk, Thomasŭsk [key], d. 1388, English politician and author. He was under-sheriff of London. While in Newgate Prison he wrote Testament of Love, an allegory in prose…Brewer's: Adamant
is really the mineral corundum; but the word is indifferently used for rock crystal, diamond, or any hard substance, and also for the magnet or loadstone. It is often used by poet for no…Trending
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