Elizabeth, Queen

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• Elizabeth

  the oath, or fullness, of God ...

  Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

• Queen

  ·noun The wife of a king. II. Queen ·vi To act the part of a queen. III. Queen ·noun A playing car...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Queen

  No explicit mention of queens is made till we read of the "queen of Sheba." The wives of the kings o...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Queen

  This title is properly applied to the queen-mother, since in an Oriental household it is not the wif...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Carter, Elizabeth

  (1717-1806) Miscellaneous writer, b. at Deal, dau. of a clergyman. Originally backward, she applied...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Eastlake, Elizabeth, Lady (Rigby)

  (1809-1893) dau. of Dr. Edward Rigby of Norwich, a writer on medical and agricultural subjects, spe...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hamilton, Elizabeth

  (1758-1816) Wrote The Cottagers of Glenburnie, a tale which had much popularity in its day, and per...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Montagu, Elizabeth (Robinson)

  (1720-1800) Critic, dau. of a gentleman of Yorkshire, m. a grandson of Lord Sandwich. She was one o...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wardlaw, Elizabeth, Lady

  (1677-1727) Poetess, dau. of Sir Charles Halkett of Pitfirrane, and wife of Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pi...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Robins, Elizabeth

  ("C.E. Raimond") American novelist and actress. New Moon (1895), Below the Salt (1896), The Open Qu...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Queen olive

  ·add. ·- Properly, a kind of superior olive grown in the region of Seville, Spain. It is large size ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Queen truss

  ·- A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Queen-post

  ·noun One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. ·see King-...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Queen Square

  West out of Aldersgate Street, at No. 159a, to Bartholomew Close. In Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Queen Street

  South out of Cheapside at No.69, across Cannon Street to Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Vi...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• queen dick

  To the tune of the life and death of Queen Dick. That happened in the reign of Queen Dick; i.e., nev...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• queen street

  A mart governed by his wife, is said to live in Queen street, or at the sign of the Queen's Head. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

  (1806-1861) Poetess, was the dau. of Edward Barrett Moulton Barrett, who assumed the last name on s...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)

  (1810-1865) Novelist, dau. of William Stevenson, a Unitarian minister, and for some time Keeper of ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Inchbald, Mrs. Elizabeth (Simpson)

  (1753-1821) Novelist and dramatist, dau. of a Suffolk farmer. In a romantic fit she left her home a...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Landon, Letitia Elizabeth

  (1802-1838) Poetess, dau. of an army agent, was b. in London. She was a prolific and, in her day, r...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (Sheridan)

  (1808-1877) Grand-daughter of Richard Brinsley S. (q.v.), m. in 1827 the Hon. G.C. Norton, a union ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Braddon, Mary Elizabeth

  (b. 1837) Novelist. Lady Audley's Secret, Aurora Floyd (1862), Henry Dunbar (1864), Only a Clod (18...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart (Mrs. H.D. Ward)

  (b. 1844) American novelist. The Gates Ajar (1869), Hedged In (1870), Story of Avis (1877), An Old ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Queen of heaven

  (Jer. 7:18; 44:17, 25), the moon, worshipped by the Assyrians as the receptive power in nature. ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Little Queen Street

  See Paved Alley, Leadenhall, and Queen's Colledge Passage Square. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• New Queen Street

  See Queen Street, Cheapside. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Queen Street Place

  South out of Upper Thames Street, at No.68, to Southwark Bridge. In Vintry Ward (P.O. Directory). F...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Queen Victoria Street.-

  West from the Mansion House to Blackfriars Bridge (P.O. Directory). In Cheap, Cordwainer, Bread Stre...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Queen Of Heaven

  (Jeremiah 7:18; 45:17,18,19,25) is the moon Ashtaroth or Astarte to whom worshiped as Hebrew women o...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Statue of Queen Anne

  Facing the west door of St. Paul's Cathedral, in the Church-yard (O.S. 1880). Architect, F. Bird. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Weld Court, Queen Street

  See Well Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• queen anne's free gift

  A sum of money formerly granted to surgeons annually, in addition to their monthly twopences from ea...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Queen Street, Royal Mint Street

  South out of Royal Mint Street to Little Tower Hill (W. Stow, 1722-O.S. 1894-6). Removed for the co...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.