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Stowe

[ stoh ]

noun

  1. Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher, 1811–96, U.S. abolitionist and novelist.
  2. a town in N Vermont: ski resort.


Stowe

1

/ stəʊ /

noun

  1. StoweHarriet Elizabeth Beecher18111896FUSWRITING: writer Harriet Elizabeth Beecher. 1811–96, US writer, whose bestselling novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) contributed to the antislavery cause


Stowe

2

/ stəʊ /

noun

  1. a mansion near Buckingham in N Buckinghamshire: built and decorated in the 17th and 18th centuries by Vanbrugh, Robert Adam, Grinling Gibbons, and William Kent; formerly the seat of the Dukes of Buckingham; fine landscaped gardens: now occupied by a public school

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With a beautiful location and rustic charm, a weekend in Stowe, Vermont can cure any life woes…especially during the fall.

With a number of great hiking trails and three nearby mountains, Stowe is a haven for outdoorsy types.

Victoria (Madeleine Stowe) and Nolan (Gabriel Mann) are as catty and delightful as ever, but the rest of the show feels tired.

Schools Cressida: Stowe, Leeds University where she studied dance.

This implies that Stowe had seen more than one MS. containing these lines.

The printers were not compelled to decipher the peculiarities of anyone's handwriting; Stowe's copy was printed and punctuated.

Hawkers reference to Stowe having been turned into an academy for all the young men of family in the county is correct.

No doubt the isolated position of Stowe, and the long distance from London was one cause of its being destroyed.

Stowe, having stood for a little over half a century, was pulled down in 1739.

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