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Brewer's: Spirited Away
Kidnapped; allured. Kidnappers who beguiled orphans, apprentices, and others on board ship in order to sell them to planters in Barbadoes and Virginia, were called “spirits.” Mr. Doyle (…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…The Koran/Sura LXXVI — Man
Sura LXXVI — Man Mecca — 31 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Doth not a long time pass over MAN, during which he is a thing unremembered?[192] We have created…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Charles I Scene 1
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Scene 2: A Chamber in Whitehall. Scene 1: The Masque of the Inns of Court A PURSUIVANT: Place, for the Marshal of the Masque! FIRST CITIZEN: What thinkest thou of…Lights! Camera! Learning! - British Literature
The best of British literature Paltrow's winsome matchmaker Emma Recent film offerings suggest the enduring appeal of Jane Austen's storytelling. In the past few years, we've been wowed by…Information Please Press and Awards
Awards Since Our Debut The Information Please family of almanacs has a reputation for accuracy, proven in print for more than fifty years. Since its debut in February 1998, infoplease.com has…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address Saturday, March 4, 1865 Fellow-Countrymen: AT this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential…Brewer's: May Meetings
A title applied to the annual gatherings, in May and June, of the religious and charitable societies, to hear the annual reports and appeals for continued or increased support. The chief…Brewer's: Lawrence
(St.). Patron saint of curriers, because his skin was broiled on a gridiron. In the pontificate of Sextus I. he was charged with the care of the poor, the orphans, and the widows. In the…Brewer's: Liebenstein and Sternfels
Two ruined castles of the Rhine. According to tradition, Leoline, the orphan, was the sole surviving child of the lord of Liebenstein; and two brothers, named Warbeck and Otho, were the…Trending
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