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Brewer's: National Colours
(See Colours.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894National ConventionNational Anthems A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…Brewer's: National Convention
The assembly of deputies which assumed the government of France on the overthrow of the throne in 1792. It succeeded the National Assembly. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: National Debt
Money borrowed by the Government, on the security of the taxes, which are pledged to the lenders for the payment of interest. The National Debt in William III.'s reign was 15,730,439. At…Brewer's: National Exhibition
So Douglas Jerrold called a public execution at the Old Bailey. These scandals were abolished in 1868. Executions now take place in the prison yard. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: National Workshops
- The English name of “Ateliers nationaux,” established by the French provisional government in February, 1848, and which were abolished in three months, after a sanguinary contest.…The National Medal of Technology
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(The). The Iroquois confederacy since the Tuscaroras was added. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Six PointsSix Months' War A B C D E F G H I J K L…The National Medal of Science
2003 National Medal of Science Recipients2002 National Medal of Science Recipients2001 National Medal of Science Recipients2000 National Medal of Science Recipients1999 National Medal of…Brewer's: Five Nations
(The). The five confederated Indian tribes, viz. the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas. Known as the Iroquois Confederacy. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Oldest Nation
and most ancient of all languages. Psammetichus of Egypt, wishing to penetrate these secrets, commanded that two infants should be brought up in such seclusion that they should never hear…Trending
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