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Brewer's: Aurora Raby

A rich, noble English orphan; left to the care of guardians; a Catholic in religion; and in person. “A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.” Byron: Don Juan. xv 43. Source:…

Brewer's: Madras System of Education

A system of mutual instruction, introduced by Dr. Andrew Bell into the institution at Madras for the education of the orphan children of the European military. Bell lived 1753-1832.…

Brewer's: Monimia

in Otway's tragedy of The Orphan. Sir Walter Scott says, “More tears have been shed for the sorrows of Monimia, than for those of Juliet and Desdemona.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

Great Novels by Native American Authors

Popular novels about Native life and heritage by Native authors Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Related Links American Indian Heritage Month American Indian Quotes Notable…

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

Given on Saturday, March 4, 1865 Fellow-Countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the…

2006

Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has recognized journalists, writers, and public figures who pursue social injustice and public policy for the common good. Book Robert Kuttner, The…

Brewer's: Havelok

(3 syl.), the orphan son of Birkabegn, King of Denmark, was exposed at sea through the treachery of his guardians, and the raft drifted to the coast of Lincolnshire. Here a fisherman named…