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Brewer's: Poisson d'Avril
An April fool. The poisson d'Avril is the mackerel, and we have the expression “You silly mackerel,” and silly indeed are those who allow themselves to be caught by the palpable jokes…Brewer's: Delia
of Pope's line, “Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage,” was Lady Deloraine, who married W. Windam of Carsham, and died 1744. The person said to have been poisoned was Miss Mackenzie…Brewer's: John
A contraction of Johannes (Joh'n). The French contract it differently, Jean—i.e. Jehan or Jehann; in Italian, Giovanni. Popes. JOHN I. died wretchedly in jail. JOHN II. and III. were…The physicians consider the root and occasion, the embers, and coals, and lug of the disease, and seek to purge or correct that
The physicians consider the root and occasion, the embers, and coals, and lug of the disease, and seek to purge or correct thatSit Morbi Fomes Tibi CuraMeditationJohn Donne HOW ruinous a farm…Brewer's: Upas-tree
or Poison-tree of Macassar. Applied to anything baneful or of evil influence. The tradition is that a putrid stream rises from the tree which grows in the island of Java, and that whatever…Brewer's: Lucrezia di Borgia
daughter of Pope Alexander VI., was thrice married, her last husband being Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara. Before her marriage with the duke she had a natural son named Gennaro, who was sent to…Brewer's: Wolf's-bane
The Germans call all poisonous herbs “banes,” and the Greeks, mistaking the word for “beans,” translated it by kuamoî, as they did “hen-bane” (…Brewer's: Pardouneres Tale
in Chaucer, is Death and the Rioters. Three rioters in a tavern agreed to hunt down Death and kill him. As they went their way they met an old man, who told them that he had just left him…The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 11
by Oscar Wilde Chapter 10Chapter 12Chapter 11 For years, Dorian Gray could not free himself from the influence of this book. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that he never…Classical Mythology: Love and Death
Love and DeathClassical MythologyThe Labors of HeraclesTraining a HeroBeastly Chores: The First Four LaborsEven More Beastly Chores: The Second Four LaborsThe Far Corners of the Earth: The Final Four…Trending
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