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Julian Green 1998 Deaths

Julian GreenAge: 97 contemplative French writer whose prolific career spanned more than seven decades and produced 18 novels and several plays and essays Died: Aug. 13, 1998.Bob GreenG -…

Greene, Sarah Pratt McLean

Greene, Sarah Pratt McLean[1856-1935](1)Born at Simsbury, Connecticut, July 3, 1856 and educated at McLean Academy and at Mount Holyoke College. She is chiefly known as the author of "Cape…

William Blake: The Echoing Green

by WilliamBlakeThe ShepherdThe LambThe Echoing Green The sun does arise, And make happy the skies; The merry bells ring To welcome the Spring; The skylark and thrush, The birds of…

Willis GREEN, Congress, KY

GREEN, Willis, a Representative from Kentucky; born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia; birth date unknown; attended the public schools; settled in that part of Virginia which is now the…

Brewer's: Board of Green Cloth

So called because the lord steward and his board sat at a table covered with green cloth. It existed certainly in the reign of Henry I., and probably earlier, and was abolished in 1849. “…

Brewer's: Sea-green Incorruptible

(The). So Carlyle called Robespierre in his French Revolution. “The song is a short one, and may perhaps serve to qualify our judgment of the `sea-green incorruptible.' ” —Notes and…

Greene County, IN Census Data

Indiana Greene County, Indiana People QuickFactsGreene CountyIndianaPopulation, 2005 estimate 33,4796,271,973Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 1.0%3.1%Population, 2000…

Brewer's: George a' Green

As good as George a' Green. Resolute-minded; one who will do his duty come what may. George a' Green was the famous pinder or pound-keeper of Wakefield, who resisted Robin Hood, Will…

Brewer's: Knights of the Green Cloth

Same as CARPET KNIGHTS (q.v.). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knights of the HandcuffsKnights of the Garter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

Brewer's: Green Bag Inquiry

Certain papers of a seditious character packed in a green bag during the Regency. The contents were laid before Parliament, and the committee advised the suspension of the Habeas Corpus…