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Lewes

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Lew·es  (ls), George Henry 1817-1878.
British philosopher and critic who was the first editor (1865-1866) of the Fortnightly Review.
Lewes [ˈluːɪs]
n
(Placename) a market town in S England, administrative centre of East Sussex, on the River Ouse: site of a battle (1264) in which Henry III was defeated by Simon de Montfort. Pop.: 15 376 (1991)


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Lewes had been unhappily married years before to a woman who was still alive, and English law did not permit the divorce which he would have secured in America.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
exposition of noumena offer a rich field for what Lewes calls "the
The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Provided, you repair at once to the town of Lewes, with all the fighting men, your followers, prepared to protect the security of our person, and wage war upon those enemies of England, Simon de Montfort, Gilbert de Clare and their accomplices, who even now are collected to threaten and menace our person and kingdom-
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