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The Boston Marathon: Virtual Tour
A no-sweat guide to the world's most famous race by Mike Morrison Related Links Marathon GuideFor most of the country, the third Monday in April is nothing more than the start of…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Ordination
by Robert Burns The Author's Earnest Cry And PrayerEpistle To James SmithThe Ordination For sense they little owe to frugal Heav'n— To please the mob, they hide the little giv'n…Upcoming Blockbusters and Indie Gems
Armageddon The film has a publicity machine behind it the likes of Independence Day, but it doesn't have lucky charm Will Smith. Current It boy Ben Affleck will likely fill seats, but it remains…Brewer's: Peebles
Poor Peter Peebles. The pauper litigant in Redgauntlet, by Sir Walter Scott. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PeelPedlars' French A B C D E F G H I J…2017 Academy Awards
The 2017 Academy Awards will be presented on Mar. 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below. Best Picture The Shape of Water Call Me By Your Name Darkest Hour…Brewer's: Orange Lodges
or Clubs are referred to in Hibernia Cariosa, published in 1769. Thirty years later the Orangemen were a very powerful society, having a “grand lodge” extending over the entire province of…Brewer's: Orange-tawny
The ancient colour appropriated to clerks and persons of inferior condition. It was also the colour worn by the Jews. Hence Lord Bacon says, “Usurers should have orange-tawny bonnets,…Brewer's: Callipolis
A character in the Battle of Alcazar (1594) by George Peele. It is referred to by Pistol in 2 Henry IV., act ii. 4; and Sir W. Scott uses the word over and over again as the synonym of…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: P
Selected Biographies A to Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+…Brewer's: Pilgarlio
or Pill'd Garlic (A). One whose hair has fallen off from dissipation. Stow says of one getting bald: “He will soon be a peeled garlic like myself.” Generally a poor wretch avoided and…Trending
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