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Brewer's: Schoolmistress
(The), by Shenstone, is designed for a “portrait of Sarah Lloyd,” the dame who first taught the poet himself. She lived in a thatched house before which grew a birch tree. Source:…2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards
The 2004 BAFTA Awards, the British equivalent of our Oscar and Emmy awards (combined into one ceremony), were presented Feb. 15, 2004 in London. These are the film awards.FilmThe Lord of the…Brewer's: Atossa
Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, so called by Pope, because she was the friend of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, whom he calls Sappho. Herodotus says that Atossa, the mother of Xerxes, was a…Figure Skating–Women
1908 Madge Syers, Britain1920 Magda Julin-Mauroy, Sweden1924 Herma Planck-Szabö, Austria1928 Sonja Henie, Norway1932 Sonja Henie, Norway1936 Sonja Henie, Norway1948 Barbara Ann Scott,…2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards
The 2008 BAFTA Awards, the British equivalent of our Oscar and Emmy awards (combined into one ceremony), were presented Feb. 10, 2008 in London. These are the…Winter Olympics: Figure Skating
Will the Russians sweep? by John Gettings and Christine Frantz Michelle Kwan Related Links 2006 Winter Olympics 2006 Figure Skating Medal StandingsFigure Skating Through the…2016 Presidential Candidates Slideshow: John Kasich and his good friend Bono
Jennie Wood 1. Clinton Wins Grammy 2. Sanders Records Folk Album 3. Trump & Wrestlemania 4. Kasich & Bono 5. Christie & Springsteen & Adele 6.…2016 Presidential Candidates Slideshow: Hillary Clinton Wins a Grammy
The 2016 presidential race has been anything but boring. With Donald Trump grabbing headlines on the Republican side and the tight Democratic race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, there's…Brewer's: Harris
Mrs. Harris. An hypothetical lady, to whom Sarah Gamp referred for the corroboration of all her statements, and the bank on which she might draw to any extent for self-praise. (Dickens:…Brewer's: Saracens
Ducange derives this word from Sarah (Abraham's wife); Hottinger from the Arabic saraca (to steal); Forster from sahra (a desert); but probably it is the Arabic sharakyoun or sharkeyn (the…