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Leland Stanford as Jedediah Leland perhaps

https://link.medium.com/NYEx7YH9OZSourceURL: https://link.medium.com/NYEx7YH9OZ https://link.medium.com/NYEx7YH9OZ https://link.medium.com/XXYRrEE9OZSourceURL: https://link.medium.com/XXYRrEE9OZ https://link.medium.com/XXYRrEE9OZ STANFORD, Leland - Biographical InformationSourceURL: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s000793 STANFORD, Leland, (1824 - 1893) Senate Years of Service: 1885-1893 Party: Republican Courtesy U.S. Senate Hist...

butch - Origin and meaning of butch by Online Etymology Dictionary

butch (n.)"tough youth," 1902, first attested in nickname of U.S. outlaw George Cassidy (1866-?), probably an abbreviation of butcher (n.). Sense of "aggressive lesbian" is by 1940s. As an adjective by 1941.Related EntriesbutcherOthers Are ReadingShareAdvertisementAlphabetical listbusybodybusynessbusy-workbutbutanebutchbutcherbutcher-knifebutcherybutlerbuttABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZSourcesLinks词根词源词典 App培根词汇微信公众号Explanation of TermsWho did thisFollow on FacebookDonate wit...

Birth order names

I’ve always loved birth order names like Quintina and Octavia, though most people no longer have such large families, nor do they use birth order names very often in most cultures. For whatever reason, Quint- names seem the most common. Unless otherwise noted, names ending in A and E are feminine; names ending in O, U, and consonants are masculine. U means "unisex." First: Abaka means "firstborn" in Akan. Adi (M) is Indonesian. Baako (U) means "firstborn child" in Akan. Berk...

Hello, my name is Frank Hvam

P.O.V. No.26 - Humor in Film and TV Hello, my name is Frank Hvam - Autofictional humor in the Danish TV series Klovn Louise Brix Jacobsen They are perverted, embarrassing, and partial to toilet humor. No taboo is spared when they drag the disabled, the gay, and the overweight through the mud. We join them in the toilet, in the double bed, and at the doctor's. And they are famous. In the past three years, stand-up comedian Casper Christensen has been unfaithful with the badminton ce...

Otis (given name) - Wikipedia

Home Random Nearby Log in Settings About Wikipedia Disclaimers Open main menu Search Otis (given name) Read in another language Watch this page Edit Otis is a...

Otto - Wikipedia

Home Random Nearby Log in SettingsAbout WikipediaDisclaimers Open main menuSearchOtto Read in another language Watch this page EditThis article is about the given name. For other uses, see Otto (disambiguation).Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants Audo, Odo, Udo) of Germanic names beginning in aud-, an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".[2]Otto von Bismarck is one of the famous bearers of this namePronunciati...

The merry widows of medieval England….?

Thomas Stanley mentioned here, I believe. -zas The merry widows of medieval England….? Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of Edward IV and Richard III Imagined scene of the meeting between the widowed Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV. The above illustrations show two royal widows. On the left Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of both Edward IV and Richard III. On the right an imagined meeting between Edward IV and the widow he was to marry, El...

Apollonides and Apollonus - Greek and Roman Biographical dictionary excerpt

UMDL Texts home   Login     Home Search Browse Bookbag Help Format image Page no. 237 Page size 100% Search this text  Print Title: A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. Author: Smith, William, Sir, ed. 1813-1893. Collection: Making of America Books List of all pages | Add to bookbag Powered by DLXSTo comment or inquire about content, contact moa...

Ocellus, Lucanus - Biblical Cyclopedia

McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Ocellus, Lucanus Ocellus, Lucanus (῎Οκελλος [also ῎Οκελος, ᾿Ωκελλος, Οἴκελλος, Ουκελλος, ῎Ηκελος, ῎Εκκελος, etc.] Λευκανός), a Greek philosopher, was born in Lucania, whence his surname, and, as appears from his works, belonged to the Pythagorean school of philosophers. He flourished probably some five hundred years previous to the Christian aera. Philo, who lived in the 1st century, is the first writer who mentions him; for the...

Speaking of Bards and Brads and Bretts and Brains and Brats and Big Bird - Shakespeare references Q

It just occurred to me that maybe "check out the big brain on Brett" in Pulp Fiction might actually be a reference to poets in general, with Shakespeare being a prime example. SEE: Bard Influences - Shakespeare Iambic pentameter, for example, is a formula or system for hosting one's poetry. The structure accommodates a lot, while still giving the poem a structure to adhere this work to all of the other preceding artworks ever regarded by the audience. Hence, poets who respect and acknowl...

CITIZEN = NIETZSCHE - minus an H

This is a stunning insight. Does KANE maybe mean "Enoch"? Or if we move the H - Enokh? "Nake"(d)? Kean? Acne? Alaska and Nebraska? California and Nebraska? California And the NorthEast? NorthEast Atlantic City No electricity vs alternating current North Eastern Alternating Current K E (?) Alternative News KANE as KANT ? "Her Son; Wellesley" (Side bar for ZTORY) Better yet: N I E T Z S C H E A N Minus the Eye and CHARLES FOSTER KANE As: ? CHARANI STROKER FEEL ARIAN CHARLIE FOSTER KAN...