... to give their sweethearts and loved ones locks of their hair as mementos and as tokens of affection that was proper for a young lady to receive. Those locks of hair usually ended up inside a broach or a locket attached to a necklace where the item could lay close to ones heart. Making hair into items of jewelry ... in jewelry that was very dear to the one who wore it. The modern age has lost touch with the old practices of ritual afforded the dying and the dead. Much more time was spent in the Victorian Age in preparing for death of ones self and others. Moreover, there was a ... Gothic...

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... akin to that of the later country house. Indeed, we shall see that towards the close of the Medieval period, as society became more peaceful, castle design began to lay more stress on the comforts of life and less on the needs of defense. Contrary to the image portrayed by Hollywood, ... acquired lands and to protect himself and his family from a sullen, resentful and potentially hostile Saxon populace. "My son" said the Norman Baron, "I am dying and you will be heir To all the broad acres in England that William gave me for my share; When we conquered the Saxon at Hastings, and ... the ...

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... 's heels £ kick one's legs (25)To give up the ghost £ will die (26)I love to work with 99s £ the dying patient (27)Give him enough rope £ let him kill himself (28)To go without a passport £ kill oneself (29)Cash in one's ... ) £ •Ç apple: apple polisher(kiss-ass) £ »apple-pie(representative American style);apple-dumpling(sweet elder sister) £ •È egg: lay an egg(throw bombs) £ »put all one's egg in one basket(a ling shot gamble) £ »Teach your grandmother to suck eggs.(to ... flaunt, exaggerate, without restrain?(Liukaifang,1995:128). Accordingly, the Author thinks anoth...

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