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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 28, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 27, 1805June 29, 1805June 28, 1805 Friday June 28th 1805. Set Drewyer to shaving the Elk skins, Fields to make the cross stays for the boat…The Second Book of Modern Verse: Appendix B. Notes to the text:
Appendix B. Notes to the text:Though most of the publishers only required acknowledgements in the section devoted to such, one apparently insisted that they also appear in the text. These…Anna Hempstead Branch: The Name
The NameAnna Hempstead BranchWhen I come back from secret dreams In gardens deep and fair, How very curious it seems — This mortal name I bear.For by this name I make their bread And trim…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 8, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 7, 1806June 9, 1806June 8, 1806 Sunday June 8th 1806. Drewyer returned this morning from the chase without having killed anything. his hose…Brewer's: Fenton
One who seeks to mend his fortune by marriage. He is the suitor of Anne Page. Her father objects to him, he says, because I am too great of birth; And that, my state being gall'd with my…Brewer's: Pirie's Chair
“The lowest seat o' hell.” “If you do not mend your ways, you will be sent to Pirie's chair, the lowest seat of hell.” In Pirie's chair you'll sit, I say, The lowest seat o' hell; If ye do…Brewer's: Go to!
A curtailed oath. “Go to the devil!” or some such phrase. Cassius: I [am] able than yourself To make conditions. Brutus: Go to! You are not, Cassius.' Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar, iv. 3. GO…Brewer's: Bungay
Go to Bungay with you! —i.e. get away and don't bother me, or don't talk such stuff. Bungay, in Suffolk, used to be famous for the manufacture of leather breeches, once very fashionable.…Brewer's: Cudgel One's Brains
(To). To make a painful effort to remember or understand something. The idea is from taking a stick to beat a dull boy under the notion that dulness is the result of temper or inattention…Trending
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