The widow of a deceased king. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen PassionQueen Dick A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…
Glazed earthenware of a creamy colour. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen's WeatherQueen's Pipe A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S…
Richard Cromwell is sometimes so called. (See Dick, Greek Calends.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen DowagerQueen Consort A B C D E F G H I J…
A village lass chosen to preside over the parish sports on May Day. Tennyson has a poem on the subject. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen of the…
Sovereign of Etéléchie (q.v.), in the romance of Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Rabelais. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen RegnantQueen Passion A B C…
or King's Bench. One of the courts of law, in which the monarch used to preside in person. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Queen's CollegeQueen of the…
(Encyclopedia) Morley, Thomas, c.1557–1603, English composer; pupil of William Byrd. He was gentleman of the Chapel Royal to Queen Elizabeth I and organist of St. Paul's Cathedral. He set to music…
(Encyclopedia) Lynch, Loretta Elizabeth, 1959–, U.S. lawyer and government official, b. Greensboro, N.C., grad. Harvard (A.B. 1981, J.D. 1984). She was a prosecutor in the office of the U.S. attorney…
(Encyclopedia) Fry, Elizabeth (Gurney), 1780–1845, English prison reformer and philanthropist. Deeply religious, she was recognized as a minister by the Society of Friends (Quakers). From 1813 she…
(Encyclopedia) Matilda or Maud, 1102–67, queen of England, daughter of Henry I of England. Henry arranged a marriage for her with Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, and she was sent to Germany, betrothed,…
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