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(Encyclopedia) circuit rider, itinerant preacher of the Methodist denomination who served a “circuit” consisting usually of 20 to 40 “appointments.” The circuit system, devised by John Wesley for his…
An addition to a manuscript, like a codicil to a will; an additional clause tacked to a bill in parliament; so called because it over-rides the preceding matter when the two come into…
evangelical minister from Colorado, resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals in November, after Michael Jones, a gay escort, said he had a three-year affair with him…
(A). A dummy fare who enables a cabman to pass police-constables who prevent empty cabs loitering at places where cabs will be likely to be required, as at theatres, music-halls, and large…
by Aesop The Lion and the Three BullsThe Goat and the VineThe Horse and His Rider A Young Man, who fancied himself something of a horseman, mounted a Horse which had not been properly…
MADISON Edmond Haggard , a Representative from Kansas;
born in Plymouth, Hancock County, Ill., December 18, 1865;
attended the common schools;
taught school;
moved to Wichita, Kans., in 1885;…
One of Æsop's fables, to show that nations crave the assistance of others when they are aggrieved, but become the tools or slaves of those who rendered them assistance. Thus the Celtic…
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