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Brewer's: Wild Children

(1) Peter the Wild Boy. (See above.) (2) Mlle. Lablane, found by the villagers of Soigny, near Châlons, in 1731; she died at Paris in 1785, at the…

Brewer's: Hero Children

Children of whom legend relates, that being deserted by their parents, they were suckled by wild beasts, brought up by herdsmen, and became national heroes. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…

Brewer's: Gutter Children

Street Arabs. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gutter LaneGutter 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 Related…

Children Killed by Guns

Children Killed by Guns: In 2010, 18,270 children ages 0–19 years were injured by guns. Of these, 2,694 were fatal. Overall gun deaths dropped 4% from 2009 to 2010, the equivalent of 99…

Walt Whitman: Children of Adam

Children of AdamTo the Garden the WorldFrom Pent-Up Aching RiversI Sing the Body ElectricA Woman Waits for MeSpontaneous MeOne Hour to Madness and JoyOut of the Rolling Ocean the CrowdAges…

Ridgely Torrence: The Lesser Children

The Lesser ChildrenA Threnody at the Hunting SeasonRidgely TorrenceIn the middle of August when the southwest wind Blows after sunset through the leisuring air, And on the sky nightly the…

Brewer's: Loki's Three Children

were Jörmungand (a monstrous serpent), Fenrir (a wolf), and Hela (half corpse and half queen). His wife was Siguna. Loki is the personification of sin. Finrir personifies the gnawings of a…

Children in Foster Care, 2002

The following table shows the number and percent of children in foster care in the United States, according to age, gender, race, and length of stay.   Percent Number Total   532,000…

Children in Foster Care, 2012

The following table shows the number and percent of children in foster care in the United States, according to age, gender, race, and length of stay…

A. E. Housman: On your midnight pallet lying

On your midnight pallet lying Listen, and undo the door: Lads that waste the light in sighing In the dark should sigh no more; Night should ease a lover's sorrow; Therefore, since I go to-…