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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 24, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 23, 1804June 25, 1804June 24, 1804 Sunday June 24th set out at 1/2 after six continuing the course on the Lard. side N. 80 E 1/4 of a mile…Brewer's: Cuckoo-Spit
“Frog-Spit,” or “Froth-Spit.” The spume which forms the uidus of an insect called the Cicada Spumaria, or, more strictly speaking, the Cercopis Spumaria (one of the three divisions of the…Brewer's: Look Before You Leap
Consider well before you act. “Melius est cavere semper, quam patiri semel.” And look before you ere you leap, For, as you sow, you're like to reap. Butler: Hudibras, canto ii. part ii.…Brewer's: Hawthorn
in florology, means “Good Hope,” because it shows the winter is over and spring is at hand. The Athenian girls used to crown themselves with hawthorn flowers at weddings, and the marriage-…Matthew: 1
Matthew Chapter 1 1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his…Chauncey Judd: Gunn's Barn
The Robbery Longmeadow Brook Gunn's Barn It was full sunrise the next morning, before the robbers, in Mr. Gunn's barn, awoke. The severe toil of the preceding night, coupled with the…Business Personalities
Horace Marden AlbrightLinda AlvaradoElias Milton AmmonsElizabeth ArdenGiorgio ArmaniAaron ArrowsmithMary Kay AshLaura AshleyRoger BabsonKarl BaedekerRobert Joseph BarroTomas BataCharlotte…Brewer's: Cuckoo
A cuckold. The cuckoo occupies the nest and eats the eggs of other birds; and Dr. Johnson says “it was usual to alarm a husband at the approach of an adulterer by calling out `Cuckoo,'…Brewer's: Cock and Pie
(By). We meet with cock's bones, cock's wounds, cock's mother, cock's body, cock's passion, etc., where we can have no doubt that the word is a minced oath, and stands for the sacred name…Judith Merril 1997 Deaths
Judith Merrilwriter, editor With a literary approach to science fiction, Merril was influential in setting the course of modern science fiction. Early in her career, she was associated with…Trending
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