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Brewer's: Walcheren Expedition
A well-devised scheme, ruined by the stupidity of the agent chosen to carry it out. Lord Castlereagh's instructions were “to advance instantly in full…Brewer's: Browse his Jib
(To ). A sailor's phrase, meaning to drink till the face is flushed and swollen. The jib means the face, and to browse here means “to fatten.” The only correct form of the phrase, however…Brewer's: Rolandseck Tower
opposite the Drachenfels. The legend is that when Roland went to the wars, a false report of his death was brought to his betrothed, who retired to a convent in the isle of Nonnewerth.…William Vaughn Moody: An Ode in Time of Hesitation
An Ode in Time of HesitationWilliam Vaughn MoodyIBefore the solemn bronze Saint Gaudens made To thrill the heedless passer's heart with awe, And set here in the city's talk and trade To the…The Hungry Stones: The Home-Coming
by Rabindranath Tagore Once There Was a KingMy Lord, the BabyThe Home-Coming Phatik Chakravorti was ringleader among the boys of the village. A new mischief got into his head. There…1966–1967 Emmy Awards
Outstanding Dramatic SeriesMission: Impossible (CBS)Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic SeriesBill Cosby, I SpyOutstanding Continued Performance By…Walt Whitman: Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun
Give Me the Splendid Silent SunPart 1Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling, Give me autumnal fruit ripe and red from the orchard, Give me a field where the unmow'd…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Sensitive Plant Part 2
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Part 1 Part 3 Part 2 There was a Power in this sweet place, An Eve in this Eden; a ruling Grace Which to the flowers, did they waken or dream, Was as God is to the…Plundering the Past
Billions of dollars in looted art are sold each year by David Johnson The head of Ramses II was stolen by thieves with an electric saw and dragged 70 miles before being recovered by Egyptian…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Terminology: T
by Robert Burns SUT Tack, possession, lease. Tacket, shoe-nail. Tae, to. Tae, toe. Tae'd, toed. Taed, toad. Taen, taken. Taet, small quantity…Trending
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