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Brewer's: Highwaymen
The four most celebrated are. — Claude Duval, who died 1670. James Whitney, who died 1694, at the age of 34. Jonathan Wild, of Wolverhampton (1682-1725) Jack Sheppard, of Spitalfields (…Brewer's: Greengage
Introduced into England by the Rev. John Gage from the Chartreuse Monastery, near Paris. Called by the French “Reine Claude,” out of compliment to the daughter of Anne de Bretagne and…Brewer's: Frollo
(Archdeacon Claude). A priest who has a great reputation for sanctity, but falls in love with a gipsy girl, and pursues her with relentless persecution because she will not yield to him. (…1972 Olympic Judo Results
Class (-138 3/4 lb) Takao Kawaguchi, JPN Bakhaava Buidaa, MGL (disqualified after positive drug test) Yong Ik Kim, PRK Jean-Jacques Monuier, FRA (-154 1/4 lb)…Winter Olympics: Alpine Skiing
Ligety and Shiffrin skiing toward the podium Related Links 2014 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsHistory of Alpine SkiingAlpine Skiing Through the YearsEncyclopedia:…Brewer's: Yeoman's Service
Regular hard work; effectual service; excellent service whether in a good or bad cause. The reference is to the yeomen of the Free Companies. “The whole training of Port Royal did him…Brewer's: Marseillaise
(3 syl.). The grand song of the French Revolution. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, an artillery officer in garrison at Strasbourg, composed both the words and the $$$ for Dietrich mayor of…Brewer's: Martyr
(Greek) simply means a witness, but is applied to one who witnesses a good confession with his blood. The martyr king. Charles I. of England, beheaded January 30th, 1649. He was buried…Franche-Comté
(Encyclopedia) Franche-ComtéFranche-ComtéfräNsh-kôNtāˈ [key] or Free County of Burgundy, former province and former administrative region, E France. It is coextensive with Haute-Saône, Doubs, and…orders of architecture
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Orders of architecture orders of architecture. In classical tyles of architecture the various columnar types fall, in general, into the five so-called classical orders, which…Trending
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