/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Shepherd’s Sundial (The)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The scarlet pimpernel, which opens at a little past seven in the morning, and closes at a little past two. When rain is at hand, or the weather is unfavourable, it does not open at all.
· ·
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
· 
· 
· ·