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For who would bear the Whips and Scorns of time, The Oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, [F: poore] The pangs of despised Love, the law’s delay, [F: dispriz’d] The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th'unworthy takes, When he himself might his Quietus make With a bare Bodkin? Who would Fardels bear, [F ...
Fardel may refer to: . Shakespearean word meaning "traveller's bundle", as used in The Winter's Tale; Shakespearean word meaning "burden", as used in Hamlet's To be, or not to be speech
Ed Reardon's Week is a sitcom on BBC Radio 4 recorded semi-naturalistically in the style of a radio drama. It concerns the story of a curmudgeonly middle-aged writer described in the show's publicity material as an "author, pipesmoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive email".
Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
The Blind Milton (Thomas Uwins, c. 1817) "When I Consider How My Light is Spent" (also known as "On His Blindness") is one of the best known of the sonnets of John Milton (1608–1674).
Bæddel (; BAD-dell) and bædling ([ˈbæd.liŋɡ]; BAD-ling) are Old English [a] terms referring to non-normative sexual or gender categories. Occurring in a small number of medieval glossaries and penitentials (guides for religious penance), the exact meaning of the terms (and their distinction, if any) are debated by scholars.
In March, a mother was horrified to find a pedophile symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter. Although the symbol was not intentionally placed on the toy by the company who manufactured the ...
The bear-warrior symbolism survives to this day in the form of the bearskin caps worn by the guards of the Danish monarchs. [5] In battle, the berserkers were subject to fits of frenzy. They would howl like wild beasts, foam at the mouth, and gnaw the rims of their shields.