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Widowhood

Douglas, Widow

adopted Huck Finn and took care of him. [Am. Lit.: Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn]

Gummidge, Mrs

. “a lone lorn creetur,” the Pegotty’s house-keeper. [Br. Lit.: Dickens David Copperfield]

Old Wives’ Tale, The

novel of two sisters widowed young, one by death, the other by desertion. [Br. Lit.: Magill I, 684]

Wadman, Widow

romantic neighbor who unsuccessfully lays siege to Uncle Toby’s affections. [Br. Lit.: Tristram Shandy; Magill I, 1027]

widow of Ephesus

weeping over her husband’s corpse, she is cheered by a compassionate sentry and they become ardent lovers in the burial vault. [Rom. Lit.: Satyricon]

Wife of Bath, the

kept her five successive husbands under her thumb by trickery. [Br. Lit.: Chaucer Canterbury Tales]

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No references found			Wakefield sifts his ideas, however, as minutely as he may, and finds himself curious to know the progress of matters at home--how his exemplary wife will endure her widowhood of a week; and, briefly, how the little sphere of creatures and circumstances, in which he was a central object, will be affected by his removal. From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context But he was helpless himself in the hands of my lady and the Baron-- and the only kind thing he could do was to provide for me in my widowhood, like the true nobleman he was The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie View in context The first year of her widowhood was just at an end, and she had past it in a good deal of retirement, seeing only a few particular friends, and dividing her time between her devotions and novels, of which she was always extremely fond. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context			wide-throw hinge Wide-Web Coal Mining wideband Wideband ATM Wideman, John Edgar Widener, Harry Elkins Widgeon widget widget set widget-based interface WiDi Widmann, Joseph Viktor Widmannstaetten Structure Widmanstätten figures Widmanstatten patterns Widnes Widor, Charles Marie widow widow & orphan Widow Birds widow of Ephesus widow's mite widow's son of Nain widow's walk widower Widowhood Widrow-Hoff least-mean-squares algorithm Widsith width width control width table Widukind Widukind of Corvey WIE Wiechert, Ernst Wieczorek, Jozef Wieczorek, Józef Wied, Gustav Wied, Martina Wied, Martína Wiedemann Effect Wiedemann's additivity law Wiedemann, Gustav Wiedemann-Franz Law Wiegand effect Wiegand module Wiegand wire Wieland Wieland, Christoph Martin Wieland, Heinrich Wieland, Heinrich Otto			Widowed Mother's Allowance Widowed Persons Association of California Widowed Persons Service, Inc. Widowed White Female Widowed White Male widower widower widower widower Widower Benefit Widower Benefit Widower Benefits Widower Benefits Widower's Benefit Widower's Benefit Widower's Benefits Widower's Benefits widowerhood widowers widowers widowers widowers Widowers Benefit Widowers Benefit Widowers Benefits Widowers Benefits Widowers' Benefit Widowers' Benefit Widowers' Benefits Widowers' Benefits Widowhood widowing widowing widowing widowing widowing Widowly Widowmaker Widowmaker (disambiguation) widowman widows widows widows widows widows Widows Allowance Widows Allowances Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme Widows Benefit Widows Benefit Widows Benefits Widows Benefits Widows Exemption Widows Exemptions Widows peak Widows walk Widows walk Widows' Allowance Widows' Allowances Widows' Benefit Widows' Benefit

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