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Nat

Nat"Please, sir, is this Plumfield?" asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which the omnibus left him. "Yes. Who sent you?" "Mr. Laurence. I have got a letter for the…

Brewer's: Osbaldistone

Nine of the characters in Sir Walter Scott's Rob Roy bear this name. There are (1) the London merchant and Sir Hildebrand, the heads of two families; (2) the son of the merchant is Francis…

Brewer's: Robert

King Robert of Sicily. A metrical romance of the Trouveur, taken from the Story of the Emperor Jovinian in the Gesta Romanorum, and borrowed from the Talmud. It finds a place in the…

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Director:Jay RoachWriters:Mike Myers and Michael McCullersNew Line Cinema; 95 minutes; PG-13 Release:6/99Cast:Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Rob Lowe, Liz Hurley,…

John Brooke

John Brooke"Wake up, Demi, dear! I want you." "Why, I've just gone to bed; it can't be morning yet;" and Demi blinked like a little owl as he waked from his first sound sleep. "It's only ten…

The World's Most Notorious Despots, Part 1

The World's Most Notorious Despots by Borgna Brunner Top Ten Despots TamerlaneIvan the TerribleRobespierreJoseph StalinAdolph HitlerMao ZedongFrancois DuvalierNicolae CeausescuIdi…

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The Apostle Director/Writer: Robert DuvallDirector of Photography: Barry MarkowitzEditor: Stephen MackMusic: David MansfieldProduction Designer: Linda BurtonProducer: Rob Carliner October Films…

Brewer's: MacGregor

The motto of the MacGregors is, “Een do and spair nocht,” said to have been given them in the twelfth century by the king of Scotland. While the king was hunting he was attacked by a wild…

Brewer's: Peter

(See Blue Peter.) Great Peter. A bell in York Minister, weighing 10 3/4 tons, and hung in 1845. Lord Peter. The Pope in Swift's Tale ej'a Tub. Rob Peter to pay Paul. (See Robbing.) St…