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Victoria, queen of Great Britain and Ireland
(Encyclopedia) Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria)Victoriaălˌĭgzăndrēˈnə [key], 1819–1901, queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) and empress of India (1876–1901). She was the daughter of Edward…Brewer's: Unionists
A Whig and Radical party opposed to Home Rule in Ireland. It began in 1886, and in 1895 joined the Conservative government. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Warm Reception
(A). A hot opposition. Also, a hearty welcome. “The Home Rule members are prepared to give the Coercion Bill a warm reception; Mr. Parnell's…Brewer's: Blanketeers
The Coxeyites were so called in 1894. “General” Coxey of the United States induced 50,000 persons to undertake a 700 miles' march to Washington, with blankets on their backs, to terrorise…Women's Suffrage: The Story of Ohio
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Illinois: A Turning PointThe Story of IowaThe Story of OhioThe States of Ohio and Iowa furnish a curious comparative study for the…Ireland Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Ireland Index: People and History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Irish Relations PEOPLE AND HISTORYThe Irish people…Greenland
(Encyclopedia) Greenland, Green. Kalaallit Nunaat, Dan. Grønland, the largest island in the world (2015 est. pop. 56,000), 836,109 sq mi (2,166,086 sq km), self-governing overseas administrative…Peace on Hold—Again: Northern Ireland and the Middle East
Another recent Nobel Peace Prize winner, David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionists and first minister of the coalition government of Northern Ireland, found himself on shaky political ground in…Brewer's: Dead
Dead as a door-nail. The door-nail is the plate or knob on which the knocker or hammer strikes. As this nail is knocked on the head several times a day, it cannot be supposed to have much…Brewer's: Tory
This word, says Defoe, is the Irish toruigh, used in the reig of Queen Elizabeth to signify a band of Catholic outlaws who haunted the bogs of Ireland. It is formed from the verb toruighim…Trending
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