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Louis the Child

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Child, 893–911, German king (900–911), son and successor of King Arnulf. He was the last of the German line of the Carolingians. The archbishop of Mainz was regent for him.…

Brewer's: Sand

(George). The nom de plume of Madame Dudevant, a French authoress, assumed out of attachment to Jules Sand or Sandeau, a young student, in conjunction with whom she published her first…

Brewer's: Sands

Footprints on the sands of Time (Longfellow: Psalm of Life). This beautiful expression was probably suggested by a letter of the First Napoleon to his Minister of the Interior respecting…

Earl Sande

Earl SandeBorn: Nov. 13, 1898Jockey rode Gallant Fox to Triple Crown in 1930; won 5 Belmonts and 3 Kentucky Derbies.Died: Aug. 19, 1968Arantxa Sanchez VicarioR - TBarry Sanders

George Sand

Name at birth: Amandine-Aurore-Lucille DupinGeorge Sand was the pseudonym for Aurore Dudevant (neé Dupin), a 19th century French author known for her prolific output of novels, plays and essays and…

sand

(Encyclopedia) sand, rock material occurring in the form of loose, rounded or angular grains, varying in size from .06 mm to 2 mm in diameter, the particles being smaller than those of gravel and…

Brewer's: George Sand

The pen-name of Mme. Dudevant, born at Paris 1804. Her maiden name was Dupin. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894George StreetGeorge Geith A B C D E F G…

Brewer's: Goodwin Sands

consisted at one time of about 4,000 acres of low land fenced from the sea by a wall, belonging to Earl Goodwin or Godwin. William the Conqueror bestowed them on the abbey of St. Augustine…

Brewer's: Sand-blind

Virtually blind, but not wholly so, what the French call ber-lue; our parblind. (Old English suffix sam, half; or Old High German sand, virtually.) It is only fit for a Launcelot Gobbo to…