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Brewer's: A E I
(A—i) A common motto on jewellery, means “for ever and for aye.” (Greek.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AelurusAegrotat A B C D E F G H I J K L…Brewer's: Bear of Bradwardine
(The) was a wine goblet, holding about an English pint, and, according to Scott, was made by command of St. Duthac, Abbot of Aberbrothoc, to be presented to the Baron of Bradwardine for…Brewer's: Che sara, sara
What shall be will be. The motto of the Russells (Bedford) “What doctrine call ye this, Che sara, sara!” —Faust (Anster's translation), i. 1. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…Brewer's: Coucy
Enguerrand III., Sire de Coucy, has won fame by his arrogant motto: Roi je ne suis, Ni Prince, ni comte, aussi, Je suis Le Sire de Coucy. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Egalité Philippe
Duc d'Orléans, father of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, was so called because he sided with the revolutionary party, whose motto was “Liberty, fraternity, and equality.” Philippe…Brewer's: Dieu
Dieu et mon droit (God and my right). The parole of Richard I. at the battle of Gisors (1198), meaning that he was no vassal of France, but owed his royalty to God alone. As the French…Brewer's: Standard
American standard of 1776. A snake with thirteen rattles, about to strike, with the motto “DON'T TREAD ON ME.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Excelsior
Aim at higher things still. It is the motto of the New York State, and has been made popular by Longfellow's poem so named. Used also as the synonym of super-excellent. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: F.E.R.T.
The letters of the Sardinian motto. Either Fortitudo Ejus Rhodum Tenuit, in allusion to the succour rendered to Rhodes by the house of Savoy, 1310; Or, Fædere et Religione Tenemur, on the…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Preface
PrefaceIn Mr. Cabot's prefatory note to the Riverside Edition of the Poems, published the year after Mr. Emerson's death, he said:— "This volume contains nearly all the pieces included in…Trending
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