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John Keats: To Charles Cowden Clarke

by JohnKeatsTo My Brother GeorgeTo Charles Cowden Clarke Oft have you seen a swan superbly frowning, And with proud breast his own white shadow crowning; He slants his neck beneath the…

John Donne: Prayer IV. Medicusque vocatur

PrayerJohn Donne O MOST mighty and most merciful God, who art so the God of health and strength, as that without thee all health is but the fuel, and all strength but the bellows of sin;…

John: 4

John Chapter 4 1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 3 He…

Brewer's: Aërated Water

Water impregnated with carbonic acid gas, called fixed air. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AeriansAerated Bread A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…

Anne Bradstreet: Water

WaterScarce Earth had done, but th' angry water moved. Sister (quoth she) it had full well behoved Among your boastings to have praised me Cause of your fruitfulness as you shall see: This…

Maxine Waters Biography

Maxine Waters U.S. congresswomanBorn: 1938Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo.   Waters has been a member of Congress since 1991. The fifth of 13 children, Waters began working as a bus girl in a…

Brewer's: Lustral Water

Water for aspersing worshippers was kept in an aspersorium, that those who entered or left the templo might dip their fingers into the water or be sprinkled by a priest. The same may be…

Brewer's: Mouth Waters

That makes my mouth water. “Cela fait venir l'eau à la bouche.” The fragrance of appetising food excites the salivary glands. The phrase means- that makes me long for or desire it.…