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(Encyclopedia) Mortimer, Roger de, 4th earl of March and 2d earl of Ulster, 1374–98, English nobleman. He succeeded (1381) his father, Edmund de Mortimer, 3d earl of March, and was brought up as a…
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, James, 3d earl of Arran, 1530–1609, Scottish nobleman; son of James Hamilton, 2d earl of Arran. He spent some years (1550–58) as a soldier in France, but his espousal of…
The Unconquered AirFlorence Earle CoatesIOthers endure Man's rule: he therefore deems
I shall endure it — I, the unconquered Air!
Imagines this triumphant strength may bear
His paltry sway…
HARRISON Carter Henry , a Representative from Illinois; born near Lexington, Fayette County,
Ky., February 15, 1825; educated by private tutors; was graduated from Yale
College in 1845; traveled…
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