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Brewer's: Refreshments

of public men, etc. BRAHAM'S favourite refreshment was bottled porter. BYRON almost lived on uncanny foods, such as garlic pottage, raw artichokes and vinegar, broths of bitter herbs,…

Brewer's: Sack

Any dry wine, as sherry sack, Madeira sack, Canary sack, and Palm sack. (A corruption of the French sec, dry.) Sack A bag. According to tradition, it was the last word uttered before…

2000 European PGA Tour Results

Official money won on the 2000 European Tour is presented in euros (E). 2000 Last Rd Tournament Winner Earnings Runner-Up Jan. 16 Alfred Dunhill Championship Anthony Wall (204…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Peter Bell, Sin

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Hell Grace Sin Lo. Peter in Hell's Grosvenor Square, A footman in the Devil's service! And the misjudging world would swear That every man in service there To virtue…

Principal Rivers of the World

The following table lists the principal rivers of the world including the name, source location, outflow, and approximate length. The Nile is the world's longest river stretching 6,690…

William Grayson: We have been told of Phantoms

We have been told of PhantomsWilliam Grayson11 June 1788by William GraysonSee also Federalist No. 2The adoption of this government will not meliorate our own particular system. I beg leave to…

wine

(Encyclopedia) wine, alcoholic beverage made by the fermentation of the juice of the grape. Wine is so ancient that its origin is unknown. The earliest archaeological evidence of winemaking dates to…

1999 European PGA Tour Results

Official money won on the 1999 European Tour is presented in euro (E) with the conversion rate for the entire season fixed at the Jan. 14, 1999 exchange rate of £ = 1.4 euro. 1999 Last Rd…