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  • Likewise, Anita Davison and her cohorts at Hoydens and Firebrands awarded me the "Premios Dardo Award," which "acknowledges the values that every Blogger displays in their effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values with each message they write."

    Thank You, Kind Readers Julianne Douglas 2009

  • Likewise, Anita Davison and her cohorts at Hoydens and Firebrands awarded me the "Premios Dardo Award," which "acknowledges the values that every Blogger displays in their effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values with each message they write."

    Archive 2009-01-01 Julianne Douglas 2009

  • I am very grateful to Catherine and the Hoydens/Firebrands for their kindness and very happy that they enjoy reading Writing the Renaissance.

    Thank You, Kind Readers Julianne Douglas 2009

  • I am very grateful to Catherine and the Hoydens/Firebrands for their kindness and very happy that they enjoy reading Writing the Renaissance.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Julianne Douglas 2009

  • Firebrands like Laskar Jihad founder Jafar Umar Thalib denounced America, and other militants launched recruitment drives for the Taliban.

    Battle Of The Greens 2008

  • Firebrands like Anne Coulter and Bill O'Reilly called it treason.

    The Dixie Chicks Were Right 2006

  • The horse shouldn't be one of your damned Lightning's or Firebrands, either.

    Cold Copper Tears Cook, Glen 1988

  • In the French province of Franche-Comté, to the west of the Jura Mountains, the first Sunday of Lent is known as the Sunday of the Firebrands (Brandons), on account of the fires which it is customary to kindle on that day.

    The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

  • In the French province of Franche-Comté, to the west of the Jura Mountains, the first Sunday of Lent is known as the Sunday of the Firebrands (Brandons), on account of the fires which it is customary to kindle on that day.

    Chapter 62. The Fire-Festivals of Europe. § 2. The Lenten Fires 1922

  • Firebrands are carried by figures which have been identified by us as dogs in Tro-Cortesianus 24c (Pl. 37, fig. 6), 25c, and 90a.

    Animal Figures in the Maya Codices 1915

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