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Louisa M. AlcottContentsTen Years LaterParnassusJo's Last ScrapeDanVacationLast WordsThe Lion and the LambJosie Plays MermaidThe Worm TurnsDemi SettlesEmil's ThanksgivingDan's ChristmasNat's…Brewer's: Demijohn
(A). A glass vessel with a large body and small neck, enclosed in wickerwork like a Florence flask, and containing more than a bottle. (French, dame-jeanne, “Madam Jane,” a corruption of…Brewer's: Den Evening.
God ye good den! —i.e. God (give) ye good evening. This is the final d of good joined to the “en,” a contraction of evening. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Demiurge
(3 syl.), in the language of Platonists, means that mysterious agent which made the world and all that it contains. The Logos or Word spoken of by St. John, in the first chapter of his…Brewer's: Demurrage
An allowance made to the master or owners of a ship by the freighters for detaining her in port longer than the time agreed upon. (Latin, demorari, to delay.) “The extra days beyond the…Little Men: Chapter 14 — Damon and Pythias
Damon and PythiasMrs. Bhaer was right; peace was only a temporary lull, a storm was brewing, and two days after Bess left, a moral earthquake shook Plumfield to its centre. Tommy's hens were…Little Women
Louisa May AlcottContentsPlaying PilgrimsA Merry ChristmasThe Laurence BoyBurdensBeing NeighborlyBeth Finds the Palace BeautifulAmy's Valley of HumiliationJo Meets ApollyonMeg Goes to Vanity…The Devil's Dictionary: Platitude
by Ambrose Bierce PLANPLATONICPLATITUDE -n. The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. The wisdom of a million fools in the…Louisa May Alcott
The writer of Little Women Louisa May Alcott More Fun Stuff Little Women Characters HangmanLittle Men Characters HangmanBiography Louisa May Alcott Biography Mostly educated by her father…Catherine Deneuve Biography
Catherine Deneuve(Catherine Dorléac)actressBorn: 10/22/1943Birthplace: Paris, France She entered into films as a teenager and first gained attention in Jacques Demy's musical The Umbrella's of…Trending
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