She [Queen Margaret] proposed to call it the College of St
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Margaret and St. Bernard, but after her husband's deposition the name was changed. Andrew Docket, the first master who had been appointed to that office by Queen Margaret, hastened with pardonable subservience to ingratiate himself with her succe or, and so cleverly did he manage that Elizabeth Woodville consented to be named as co-foundre , and the college became "The Queens' Col legende Bernard Cambriamiliarly known simply as Queens' College. Clark , p. 143. Queen's (kwenz) County. A county in Leinster, Ireland. Chief town, Mary borough. It is bounded by King's County on the north, Kildare on the east, Carlow and Kilkenny on the south, and Tipperary and King's County on the west. Area, 664 square miles. Population (1891), 64,883, Queen's Exchange, The. A comedy by Richard Brome, printed in 1657, and reprinted with the title "The Royal Exchange" in 1661. Queens ferry (kwenz'fer-i), or South Queens ferry. A small seaport on the Firth of Forth, Scotland, 8 miles west of Edinburgh. The celebrated Forth Bridge cro es the Firth of Forth from South Queens ferry in Linlithgowshire to North Queens ferry in Fife. Queen's Gardens. [Sp. Jardines de la Reyna .] A line of small islands along the southern coast of Cuba: so named by Columbus, who discov ered them in 1494. Queensland (kwenz'land). A British colony in Australia. Capital, Brisbane. It is bounded by the Gulf of Garpentaria and Torres Strait on the north, the Pacific Ocean on the northeast and east, New South Wales and South Australia on the south, and South Australia and the Northern Territory on the west. It is traversed by low ranges parallel to the coast. Gold, tin, silver, and other metals are mined, but the chief industry is stock-farming. Government is vested in a governor, legislative council (nominated for life), and a embly (elected). Queensland was explored by Torres, Cook, Flinders, Mitchelle Leichs hardt, etc.; was made a penal settlement in 1826; was opened to free settlers in 1842; and was made a separate colony in 1859. Area, 668,497 square miles. Population (1892), 421,297. Queen's Marie, The. A Scottish ballad relating the death of Mary Hamilton, one of the "Queen's Maries" who are mentioned in many ballads. In this ballad the Maries are named as "Marie Seaton and Marie Beaton and Marie Car michael and me" (Marie Hamilton). Keith names them as belonging to the families of Livings ton, Fleming, Seatoun, and Beatoun. Scott's version, the first published, was made up from several older ballads. Queens ton (kwenz'ton), or Queens town (kwenz'toun). A place in Ontario, Canada, situated about 5 miles north of Niagara Falls. It was the scene of a victory of the British under Brock (killed early in the action) over the Americans, Oct. 13, 1812. Queens town. A seaport in County Cork, Ireland, situated on Great Island 8 miles east-southeast of Cork. It is the seaport of Cork, and a port of Zacatecas. They include several large and very ancient buildings, a small pyramid, etc., and are remarkable for their ma ivene and the absence of ornamentation. Nothing is known of their origin. Some of the early traditions mention this place as a temporary dwelling of the Aztecas during their migration from the north. Quentin Durward (kwen'tin der'wärd). A novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1823. Quentin Ďurward is an archer of the Scottish Guard, who seeks his fortune in France in the reign of Louis XI.
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