The Beaver's Lesson The Banker's Fate The Barrister's Dream They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
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The Hunting The Barrister's Dream The Beaver's Lesson They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
They threatened its life with…
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Such solemnity, too! One could…
Preface If-and the thing is wildly possible-the charge of writing nonsense were ever brought against the author of this brief but instructive poem, it would be based, I feel convinced,…
(Encyclopedia) Hunt, Henry, 1773–1835, English radical politician. A powerful orator, popular with the laboring classes, Hunt was quarrelsome and stubborn but a sincere proponent of electoral and…
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One of the most decorated Winter Olympians in U.S. history
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