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Jewett

[ joo-it ]

noun

  1. Sarah Orne [awrn], 1849–1909, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.


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The university, with 69,000 students, said it had received an unrestricted gift from Scott and Jewett of $40 million, the largest in its history.

Jewett shares Scott’s affection for books, and often recommended his students read a YA collection of essays about the history of chemistry, Napoleon’s Buttons.

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You actually ran away while Mrs. Bird was over here yesterday, and you dont even go to see Miss Jewett!

Tessa, you are not brilliant, Miss Jewett had once remarked, but you do go right to the spot.

Miss Jewett was speaking in her brisk, working voice; the troubled face had become alight.

Ten minutes before mail time she found Miss Jewett as busy as a bee.

Miss Jewett could not be happier in her Bible class girls if they were all her own children; she says so herself.

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