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Catherine Bernard

Subject: Literature, Children's literature studies

(1663–1712?), French novelist, playwright, and poet. Born in Rouen to a comfortable Huguenot family, she moved to Paris to pursue her literary interests. Bernard wrote four ...

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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (19 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2013
Subject:
Language reference, History of English, Literature, Literary theory and cultural studies
Length:
3,388 words

...various for separate mention Distaff: St Genevieve, St Rosalie Doe: St Etheldreda or Audrey St Fructuosus, St Mammas, St Maximus of Turin Dog: St Benignus, St Bernard, St Dominic (dog with torch), St Roch (dog with a loaf) Dolphin: St Adrian (dolphin bearing corpse), St Calistratus (dolphin supporting), St Martianus Dove (on or over): St Ambrose, St Basil, St Bridget of Sweden, St Catherine, St Catherine of Sienna, St Cunibert, St David, St Dunstan, St Gregory the Great, St Hilary of Arles, St John Columbini , St Lo, St Louis, St Medard, St Oswald, St Peter...

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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (19 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2013
Subject:
Language reference, History of English, Literature, Literary theory and cultural studies
Length:
1,202 words

...: Frederick I ( 1122–90 ), Holy Roman Emperor Barefoot: Magnus III ( c. 1074–1103 ), King of Norway Bloodaxe: Erik Haraldsson ( d.954 ), king of Norway bloody mary : Mary I ( 1516–58 ), queen of England Bluetooth: harold I ( c. 910–85 ), king of Denmark Catherine the Great: Catherine II ( 1729–96 ), empress of Russia charles the Affable: Charles VIII ( 1470–98 ), king of France Charles the Bald: Charles I ( 823–877 ), king of France charles the Fair: Charles IV ( 1294–1328 ), king of France charles the Fat: Charles II ( 839–88 ), king...

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