Language

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realised that prayer is listening. (Soren Kierkegaard)

Jake = Alright

Archaic word

stime = slightly gleam

Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Walk the Plank = (To). (See Plank. )

Difficult words

cynarctomachy - n. bear-baiting with dogs.

Limerick

At the picnic we missed Jack and Flo, And no one had seen the pair go. After what seemed like hours, They returned bearing flowers, But we know where they went - Ho, ho, ho! Jack's grasshopper pants appeared green, And on the back of Flo's dress could be seen More green spots and grasses - Perhaps, as time passes, They both may decide to come clean.

Knowledge

Tytler, Patrick Fraserhistorian, son of Alexander Fraser Tytler, a lord of Session under the title of Lord Woodhouselee, author of the "Elements of History" (1747-1813), born in Edinburgh; abandoned the bar for literature, and established his fame by his scholarly "History of Scotland"; wrote biographies of Wycliffe, Raleigh, Henry VIII., &c.; received a Government pension from Sir Robert Peel (1791-1849).

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Quote

Tact and Tactfulness by Samuel Butler - It is tact that is golden, not silence.

Tongue twister

How may saws could a see-saw saw if a see-saw could saw saws?

Unusual word

bight = a wide bay; a bend or coil in a rope