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The Song of Hiawatha: Hiawatha's Wooing
Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast Hiawatha's Wooing "As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman; Though she bends him, she obeys him, Though she…Howells, William Dean
(Encyclopedia) Howells, William Dean, 1837–1920, American novelist, critic, and editor, b. Martins Ferry, Ohio. Both in his own novels and in his critical writing, Howells was a champion of realism…2011 World News: Iran
Advances in Nuclear Program Lead to Additional Sanctions by Beth Rowen Mahmoud AhmadinejadRelated Links Iran Country Profile 2011 Year in…2011 World News: Iraq
U.S. to Withdraw Completely from Iraq by Beth Rowen U.S. Troops in Iraq Related Links 2011 Year in Review 2011…Year in Review, 2011: World News
Major World News Stories of 2011 by Beth Rowen Col. Muammar al-QaddafiRelated Links 2011 Year in Review 2011 News of the NationScience News…Brewer's: Bid
To bid fair. To seem likely: as “He bids fair to do well;” “It bids fair to be a fine day.” (Anglo-Saxon, bédan or beódan, to promise, to offer.) To bid for [votes]. To promise to support…Brewer's: Iron
The hieroglyphic for iron is which denotes “gold at the bottom” (O), only its upper part is too sharp, volatile, and half corrosive this being taken away, iron would become gold. Iron is…Brewer's: Rosemary
is Ros-marinus (seadew), and is said to be “useful in love-making.” The reason is this: Both Venus, the love-goddess, and Rosemary or sea-dew, were offspring of the sea; and as Love is…Brewer's: Shoe
(See Chopine.) Shoe. It was at one time thought unlucky to put on the left shoe before the right, or to put either shoe on the wrong foot. It is said that Augustus Caesar was nearly…Taming of the Shrew
Taming of the Shrew Katharine, the Shrew, was the eldest daughter of Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua. She was a lady of such an ungovernable spirit and fiery temper, such a loud-tongued…Trending
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