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The story in Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner (first published in the Lyrical Ballads, 1798) is founded partly on a dream told by the author's friend, Cruickshank, and partly on passages in various books that he had read. Wordsworth told him the story of the privateer George Shel- vocke who, while rounding Cape Horn in the Speedwell, in 1720, shot a black albatross.
A scriptural name given to God (Dan. vii, 9).
including everything related or implied
and everything associated with it
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
nonsense or worthless things
Othello, v, 2. In. the Merchant of Venice, (iii, 2) Portia says — He makes a swan-like end, Fading in music.
Used to introduce a last point or conclusion
used to emphasize the extent of something
used to ask for more information
certainly or definitely
Tempest, i, 2. The cult of Setebos was first known in Europe through Magellan's voyage round the world, 1519-21.
used to emphasize a list or add more items
Used to indicate more items in a list without naming them
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
and other similar things
Similar things or people
More than what is expected or required
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
and other similar things
Winter's Tale, ii, 1. and in the examination into the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, one of the witnesses deposed "that the countess wished him to get the strongest poison that he could . . ." Accordingly he brought seven great spiders.
Inscribed on the base of his statue by his countrymen of Genoa.
Quite common in ancient sculpture. The Latin cross or crux immissa. This symbol is found on coins, monuments, and medals long before the Christian era.
(George) Dictionary of the Slang and Cant Languages, Ancient and Modern, 12mo. London, 1809.
android
A taxi.
St. Thomas Aquinas. See ANGELIC DOCTOR. On the side of the angels. See SIDE.
Delightful intercourse of short duration and rare occurrence.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
A sect of Dutch Pietists founded in the 16th century by George Gichtel. Their views on marriage were similar to those held by the Abehtes and Adamites (qq.v.).
Thomas Aquinas was so called, because of the purity and excellence ol his teaching. His exposition of the most recondite problems of theology and philosophy was iudged to be the fruit of almost more than human intelligence and within the present century a Pope has laid it down that from bt. Thomas and his Summa Theologica all teaching must derive.
Anger inspires clever remarks, but leads to financial trouble.
To fish for compliments or try to get something for little effort
a metal bracket used for supporting or joining
To buy fish at market; said of an angler who, having been unsuccessful, purchases fish that will enable him to conceal his failure.
Pilferers, or petty thieves, who, with a stick having a hook at the end, steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, &c.; also those who draw in or entice unwary persons to prick at the belt, or such like devices.
Begging out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.
This relates the history of England from the birth of Christ to 1154. It is written in Anglo-Saxon, isp in prose, and was probably begun in the time of Alfred the Great. It is valuable for the information it gives regarding the 8th and 9th centuries.
This finger between the long and little finger was used by the Romans as a ring-finger, from the belief that a nerve ran through it to the heart. Hence the Greeks and Romans used to call it the medical finger, and used it for stirring mixtures, under the nption that nothing noxi- ous could touch it without its giving instant warning to the heart.
Excellent.
Some animals are appro- priated to certain saints: as the calf or ox to
The lamb, the pelican, and the unicorn, are symbols of Christ. , . ,.
To walk.
A girl who is got with child, is said to have sprained her ankle.
The Duke of Marl- borough (1650-1722). Annie Laurie was eldest of the three daughters of Sir Robert Laurie, of Maxwelton, born December 16th, 1682. William Douglas, of Fingland (Kirkcudbright), wrote the popular song, but Annie married, in 1709, James Fer- gusson, of Craigdarroch, and was the grand- mother of Alexander Fergusson, the hero of Burns's song called The Whistle.
I.e., eminent; used to express great rascality in any one; "an ANOINTED scoundrel," king among scoundrels.—Irish.
A good beating. A case for the application of salve.
A lady of the demi-monde, or worse; a "pretty horsebreaker." INCOGNITA was the term at first. Product of the squeamishness of the age which tries to thrust away fact by the use of fine words.
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
"To stand in another man's shoes" is to occupy the place of another. Among the ancient Northmen, when a man adopted a son, the person adopted put on the shoes of the adopter.
An event that makes someone's situation worse or more likely to fail
A different thing altogether; quite another matter. A shoe too large trips one up. A Latin proverb, Calceus major subvertit. An empire too large falls to pieces; a business too large comes to grief; an ambition too large fails altogether.
So Camden terms Richard Burbage (d. 1619).
An additional skill or resource
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
To urinate or defecate
Something that perfectly satisfies someone's needs or desires
to ante up