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Brewer's: Tirled
He tirlëd at the pin. He twiddled or rattled with the latch before opening the door. Guillaume di Lorris, in his Romance of the Rose (thirteenth century), says, “When persons visit a…Brewer's: Ursa Minor
Also called Cynosura, or “Dog's tail,” from its circular sweep. The pole star is a in the tail. (See Cynosure.) St. Ursula and the eleven thousand virgin martyrs. Ursula was a British…Brewer's: Gotham
Wise Men of Gotham—fools. Many tales of folly have been fathered on the Gothamites, one of which is their joining hands round a thornbush to shut in a cuckoo. The “bush” is still shown to…Brewer's: Cooper
Half stout and half porter. The term arises from the practice at breweries of allowing the coopers a daily portion of stout and porter. As they do not like to drink porter after stout,…Brewer's: Winchester
According to the authority given below, Winchester was the Camelot of Arthurian romance. Hanmer, referring to King Lear, ii. 2, says Camelot is Queen…Weather: Big-City Snows
Big-City SnowsWeatherBlowing Cold and Hot: The Big OnesWinter Gone SouthBig-City SnowsStorm of the Century?The Greatest One of AllModern Winter of Deep SnowsGalveston Storm SurgeThe Great New England…Flatland: How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland
by Edwin A. Abbott Concerning a Stranger from SpacelandHow the Sphere, having in vain...How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland…Novel Experiences among the Indians
Chapter 3 Chapter 5 Novel Experiences among the Indians About this time (the nineteenth and twentieth of August), the explorers lost by death the only member of their party who…Lewis & Clark: Novel Experiences among the Indians
by NoahBrooks From the Lower to the Upper RiverFrom the Tetons to the MandansNovel Experiences among the Indians About this time (the nineteenth and twentieth of August…Best Hiking in Texas: Natural Must-Dos
Top of Page Source: iStock Texas is the second largest state in the United States, and the largest in the continental U.S. There are 80 state parks and two national parks in Texas, and hiking is one…Trending
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