Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy (52 page)
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Authors: Jean Webster
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Burns:
Robert Burns (1759-1796), the great Scottish poet, wrote “To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough” (1785): “Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, / O, what a panic's in thy breastie!”
Burns:
Robert Burns (1759-1796), the great Scottish poet, wrote “To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough” (1785): “Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, / O, what a panic's in thy breastie!”
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S.P.C.A.:
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the first humane society in America, founded in 1866, which still exists today.
S.P.C.A.:
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the first humane society in America, founded in 1866, which still exists today.
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House of Usher:
“The Fall of the House of Usher,” a famous gothic story of a doomed family by American poet, fiction writer, and critic Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).
House of Usher:
“The Fall of the House of Usher,” a famous gothic story of a doomed family by American poet, fiction writer, and critic Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).
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The palm dreams of the pine ...:
“The Palm and the Pine,” adapted from Heine, was a poem by the American writer Sidney Lanier.
The palm dreams of the pine ...:
“The Palm and the Pine,” adapted from Heine, was a poem by the American writer Sidney Lanier.
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Ellen Key:
Swedish-born author (1849-1926) of
The Century of the Child (
1900), an argument that the central work of society should be aimed at molding children into great men.
Ellen Key:
Swedish-born author (1849-1926) of
The Century of the Child (
1900), an argument that the central work of society should be aimed at molding children into great men.
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Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society's Orphan Asylum at Pleasantville :
Society founded in 1879 to care for destitute children, orphaned or not. Rather than housing all the children under one roof, the school opened in 1912 with 25 cottages and a school built on 175 acres of field and woods. House mothers were assigned to the 480 children in an effort to give the children personalized attention.
Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society's Orphan Asylum at Pleasantville :
Society founded in 1879 to care for destitute children, orphaned or not. Rather than housing all the children under one roof, the school opened in 1912 with 25 cottages and a school built on 175 acres of field and woods. House mothers were assigned to the 480 children in an effort to give the children personalized attention.
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Luca della Robbia:
Italian sculptor (1400-1482). The della Robbia family of sculptors and ceramists created glazed terracotta figures on many buildings in Florence.
Luca della Robbia:
Italian sculptor (1400-1482). The della Robbia family of sculptors and ceramists created glazed terracotta figures on many buildings in Florence.
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published correspondence of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning:
English poet Elizabeth Barrett married English poet Robert Browning in 1846 after a secret courtship. Their letters during their two-year courtship were published after their deaths and became models of romantic writing.
published correspondence of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning:
English poet Elizabeth Barrett married English poet Robert Browning in 1846 after a secret courtship. Their letters during their two-year courtship were published after their deaths and became models of romantic writing.
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Huxley's letters:
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) was an English biologist. See also
Daddy-Long-Legs
note 47.
Huxley's letters:
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) was an English biologist. See also
Daddy-Long-Legs
note 47.
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