How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner — (original: The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge written in 1797–1798 and published in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads (1798). The modern editions use a later revised version… … Wikipedia
The Boat Race — Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race. Cambridge at the left. The event generally known as The Boat Race is a rowing race in England between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between… … Wikipedia
Ionians (The) — The Ionians Malcolm Schofield THALES AND OTHERS The Greeks agreed that philosophy had begun with Thales. However they did not know much about his views.1 What survives is mostly a potent legend. Herodotus tells stories of his practical ingenuity … History of philosophy
water — waterer, n. waterless, adj. waterlessly, adv. waterlessness, n. waterlike, adj. /waw teuhr, wot euhr/, n. 1. a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C … Universalium
The Blue Lagoon (novel) — infobox Book | name = The Blue Lagoon title orig = translator = image caption = author = Henry De Vere Stacpoole illustrator = cover artist = country = Great Britain language = English series = Blue Lagoon trilogy genre = Romance publisher = T.… … Wikipedia
The Blue Lagoon (1980 film) — Infobox Film name = The Blue Lagoon caption = Promotional poster for The Blue Lagoon director = Randal Kleiser writer = Douglas Day Stewart (screenplay) Henry De Vere Stacpoole (novel) starring = Brooke Shields Christopher Atkins Leo McKern… … Wikipedia
Comparison of Greek naval and land tactics in the 5th century BC — The Greek navy functioned nothing like the American. Several similarities existed between them, proving that the money instead of the love flowed naturally between the two forms of fighting. Their hatred on land easily translated onto the milk… … Wikipedia
Characters in the Deltora Quest series — The Deltora series features a wide line of characters, both important and minor. The series also features many different monsters and creatures that appeared in all of the many different books. This article is a list of the many different… … Wikipedia
Timeline of the sinking of the RMS Titanic — The timeline of the sinking of the RMS Titanic details the events of the night of Sunday 14 April 1912, and into the early hours of the following day, which saw the loss of the ocean liner Titanic , one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters… … Wikipedia
Maritime history of the United Kingdom — The Maritime history of the United Kingdom involves events including shipping, ports, navigation, and seamen, as well as marine sciences, exploration, trade, and maritime themes in the arts from the creation of the kingdom of Great Britain[1] as… … Wikipedia
