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William and Mary   /wˈɪljəm ənd mˈɛri/   Listen
William and Mary

noun
1.
Joint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II.






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"William and Mary" Quotes from Famous Books



... human being, without creating between you and him a bond of sympathy. If we would work strongly and efficiently upon the minds of children, we must really love them, not in the abstract, not in a general way, but concretely and individually. We must love John and William and Mary and Susie, simply and purely because he or she is, in himself or herself alone, an object of true interest and affection. In looking over a school, it is not difficult to discover at a glance which teachers thus love their children. It speaks in ...
— In the School-Room - Chapters in the Philosophy of Education • John S. Hart

... favoring the cause of the Stuarts, (e) the ascendency of the Whigs. England had her hands full in attending to affairs at home. As a result of this the colonies were practically their own masters in matters of government. Also the political party known as the Whigs had its origin shortly before William and Mary ascended the throne. This party favored the colonies and respected their ideas of ...
— Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America • Edmund Burke



Words linked to "William and Mary" :   aristocracy, nobility



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