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Brewer's: Tongues
The Italian is pleasant, but without sinews, as still fleeting water. The French - delicate, but like an overnice woman, scarce daring to open her lips for fear of marriage her countenance…Brewer's: Gluckist and Piccinists
A foolish rivalry excited in Paris (1774-1780) between the admirers of Glück and those of Piccini—the former a German musical composer, and the latter an Italian. Marie Antoinette was a…December 2016: Italy's Prime Minister Renzi Resigns
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of December 2016. 1. French President Hollande…Brewer's: Kremlin
(The). A gigantic pile of buildings in Moscow of every style of architecture: Arabesque palaces, Gothic forts, Greek temples, Italian steeples, Chinese pavilions, and Cyclopean walls. It…Brewer's: Mountebank
The bank or bench was the counter on which shopkeepers of yore displayed their goods. Streetvendors used to mount on their bànk to patter to the public. The French word is “saltim banque…1920 – 1929 World History
Benito Mussolini(1883–1945)National Archives and Records Admin.Bessie Smith(1894–1937)The Library of Congress Picture CollectionWilliam Butler Yeats(1865–1939)Archive PhotosJoseph Stalin (…Our Top Stories for the Week of July 11, 2022
It’s been a busy week, from situations involving guns to changes to the political landscape. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories of the week…1995
In Brief | World | US | Entertainment | Sports | Deaths Facts in Brief US Population: 262,765,000 (est) President: Bill Clinton | Vice President: Al Gore Literacy: 120% World Population: 5,555,…Brewer's: Primrose
(George). Son of the worthy Vicar of Wakefield. He went to Amsterdam to teach the people English, but forgot that he could not do so till he knew something of Dutch himself. (Goldsmith:…Brewer's: Fig
Full fig. Full dress. A corruption of the Italian in fiocchi (in gala costume). It was derived from the tassels with which horses were ornamented in state processions. Thus we read in Miss…Trending
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