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Richard Le Gallienne: Song

SongRichard Le GallienneShe's somewhere in the sunlight strong, Her tears are in the falling rain, She calls me in the wind's soft song, And with the flowers she comes again.Yon bird is but…

Brewer's: Morgan le Fay

(See below.) W. Morris, in his Earthly Paradise (August), makes Morgan the bride of Ogier the Dane, after his earthly career was ended. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Brewer's: Sagramour le Desirus

A knight of the Round Table, introduced in the Morte d'Arthur, Lancelot du lac, etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SahibSagittary A B C D E F G H I…

Brewer's: Tout le Monde

Everyone who is anyone. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Tower of HungerTout est Perdu Hormis L'Honneur A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…

Brewer's: Robert le Diable

The son of Bertha and Bertramo. The former was daughter of Robert, Duke of Normandy, and the latter was a fiend in the guise of a knight. The opera shows the struggle in Robert between the…

Tanaquil Le Clercq Biography

Tanaquil Le ClercqballerinaBorn: 10/2/1929Birthplace: Paris French-born, willowy ballerina who frequently and gracefully performed the works of Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine, to whom…

Brewer's: Beguins

A sisterhood instituted in the twelfth century, founded by Lambert Bégue or Lambert le Bègue. The members of the male society were called Beghards (q.v. ). The Béguins were at liberty to…

Le Châtelier, Henri Louis

(Encyclopedia) Le Châtelier, Henri LouisLe Châtelier, Henri LouisäNrēˈ lwē lə shätəlyāˈ [key], 1850–1936, French industrial chemist. He made many contributions to industrial chemistry, but is best…

Bourget, Le

(Encyclopedia) Bourget, Le, town, Seine–Saint-Denis dept., N central France. A suburb of Paris, it is the site of Le Bourget airport, once Paris's main…

Havre, Le

(Encyclopedia) Havre, Le Havre, Le lə äˈvrə [key], city, Seine-Maritime dept., N France, in Normandy, at the mouth of…