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Brewer's: Baxterians

Those who entertain the same religious views as Richard Baxter. The chief points are- (1) That Christ died in a spiritual sense for the elect, and in a general sense for all; (2) that…

Brewer's: Lakedion

or Laquedem (Isaac). The name given in France, in the fourteenth century, to the Wandering Jew. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LakinLake School A B C D…

Brewer's: The Age of Women

Though many women are mentioned in the Bible, the age of only one (Sarah, Abraham's wife) is recorded, and that to show at her advanced age she would become the mother of Isaac. “…

Brewer's: Alfonsine Tables

Astronomical tables constructed in 1252, by Isaac Hazan, a Jewish rabbi, who named them in honour of his patron, Alfonso X., King of Castile, surnamed “The Wise.” Source: Dictionary of…

1997 NFL Top Recieving Yards By Game

AFCCtYdsTDYancey Thigpen, Pit. vs. Jax. (10/26)*111960Yancey Thigpen, Pit. vs. Den. (12/7)61753Shannon Sharpe, Den. vs Car. (11/9)81740Tim Brown, Oak. vs. Jax. (12/21)141640Jimmy Smith, Jax.…

Brewer's: Chesterfield

lauded by Thomson in his Winter is the fourth earl, author of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son (1694-1773). Chesterfield House (London) was built by Isaac Ware for Philip, fourth earl of…

Brewer's: Colcannon

Potatoes and cabbage pounded together and then fried in butter (Irish). “Col” is cole or cale, i.e. cabbage. “About 1774 Isaac Sparks, the Irish comedian, founded in Long Acre a Colcannon…

Brewer's: Newtonian Philosophy

The astronomical system at present received, together with that of universal gravitation. So called after Sir Isaac Newton, who established the former and discovered the latter. (See Apple…

Brewer's: Rebeccaites

(4 syl.). Certain Welsh rioters in 1843, whose object was to demolish turnpike gates. The name was taken from Rabekah, the bride of Isaac. When she left her father's house, Laban and his…