WHITEAKER John , a Representative from Oregon; born in Dearborn County, near Fort
Wayne, Ind., May 4, 1820; was self-educated and engaged in agricultural
pursuits and stock raising; moved to the…
Broke his duck's egg. Took his first school prize. In cricket a “duck's egg” or 0 in a score is broken by a run. “What a proud and happy day it was to Lucy when little Herbert, in public-…
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Select Bibliography ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. From the original Arabic by G. Sale, 1734, 1764, 1795, 1801; many later editions, which include a memoir of the translator by R. A. Davenport, and…
by W. B. Yeats A Visionary"Dust Hath Closed Helen's Eye"Village Ghosts In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages…
was the wife of Gilberto of Friuli, but was passionately beloved by Ansaldo. In order to get rid of his importunity, she told him she would never grant his suit and prove untrue till he…
This statue, we are told, fell from heaven. If so, it was an aerolite; but Minucius says he saw it, and that it was a wooden statue (second century, A.D.). Pliny, a contemporary of…
