One of the minions will … give me the official low-down on Fisher. Possible police record, etc. (M. Mackintosh,King and Two Queens, 1973) scuttlebuttGossip, hearsay; a vague, unconfirmed rumor; also,water-cooler talk. This expression originated in the United States Navy, where thescuttlebu...
English civil war, 1642–48, the conflict between King Charles I of England and a large body of his subjects, generally called the “parliamentarians,” that culminated in the defeat and execution of the king and the establishment of a republican commonwealth. The Nature of the Struggle The ...
satin bedspreads, fancy linen sheets etc. Check out the first photo – see some on the right. These things were waving like banners in the wind. At first we thought it was laundry but Jack remembered reading that when Henry the 8th came to a village everyone had to hang...
His fancies had for the most part revolved about the unsettled political conditions of Henry's reign, for from these he felt he might wrest that opportunity which could be turned to his own personal uses and to the harm, and possibly the undoing, of the King. View in context More results...
But then again, I live in the middle of nowhere, work from home, and I can’t even remember the last time I mentioned him to someone new. (Trust me, it’s a really, really small town.) Look, I’ve had my share of the negativity. That’s why I stopped tracking the phrase “Ch...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook Covenanter (redirected fromSchismatics) Also found in:Dictionary,Thesaurus. Covenanter a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism ...
England’s King Henry VIII is usually thought of as the nasty big bloke with all the wives; the chap who officially stopped his subjects being Roman Catholic, gave them the Church of England instead and closed down all the nice monasteries. He is not usually seen as a builder – but he...
against starvation but they made it back to the ship just in time to return to England. On his return he was greeted as a hero by King Edward Ⅶ.After the South Pole was reached by Roald Amundsen in 1912 he decided to plan for the last great Antarctic expedition,to cross the continent...
• A medieval silk seal bag, which dates from the reign of King Henry III, has gone on public display for the first time in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey.The display follows the discovery by scholars that the bag’s material is a perfect match to the silk...
Fast forward 20 years. Chris, I mean Darrel is gone, [his nickname was Chris] but I still think of him. Usually two times a year. Memorial Day and Veterans Day and the month of December; the anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.Get...