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Brewer's: Brandy Nan
Queen Anne, who was very fond of brandy (1664, 1702-1714). On the statue of Queen Anne in St. Paul's Churchyard a wit wrote- Brandy Nan, Brandy Nan, left in the lurch, Her face to the gin-…Brewer's: Annie Laurie
was eldest of the three daughters of Sir Robert Laurie of Maxwellton, born December 16, 1682. William Douglas, of Fingland (Kirkcudbright), wrote the popular song, but Annie married, in…Brewer's: Quickly
(Dame). Hostess of a tavern in Eastcheap. (Shakespeare: Henry IV., parts 1 and 2.) Mistress Quickly. Servant of all-work to Dr. Caius. She says: “I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour, dress…Brewer's: Tub-woman
(A). A drawer of beer at a country public-house. “The common people had always a tradition that the queen's [Anne] grandmother ... had been a washerwoman, or, as Cardinal York asserted, a…Brewer's: Mary Magdalene
(St.). Patron saint of penitents, being herself the model penitent of Gospel history. In Christian art she is represented (1) as a patron saint, young and beautiful, with a profusion of…Brewer's: Marys
The four Marys. Mary Beaton (or Bethune), Mary Livingston (or Leuson), Mary Fleming (or Flemyng), and Mary Seaton (or Seyton); called the “Queen's Marys,” that is, the ladies of the same…Brewer's: Mother Bunch
(1) Mother Bunch whose fairy tales are notorious. These tales are in Pasquil's Jests, with the Merriments of Mother Bunch. (1653.) (2) The other Mother Bunch is called Mother Bunch's…Ten Movies to Watch with Mom
Here are some movies to watch with mom on Mother's Day. by Jennie Wood Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for her role in The Blind Side Related Links Showbiz Moms Like Mother,…Edgar Lee Masters: Spoon River Anthology
Spoon River AnthologyEdgar Lee MastersWashington McNeelyRich, honored by my fellow citizens, The father of many children, born of a noble mother, All raised there In the great mansion-house,…Women's History Month
Women Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism Women's History Month Nobel Winning Scientists Nobel Peace Prize Winners Pulitzer Prize Winners in Literature Women Rulers of…Trending
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