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(in Sir W. Scott's Guy Mannering). This character was based on that of Jean Gordon, an inhabitant of the village of Kirk Yetholm, in the Cheviot Hills, in the middle of the eighteenth…
Chinese rebels. The word means Universal Peace, and arose thus: Hung-sew-tseuen, a man of humble birth, and an unsuccessful candidate for a government office, was induced by some…
A great difficulty. Gordius, a peasant, being chosen king of Phrygia, dedicated his waggon to Jupiter, and fastened the yoke to a beam with a rope of bark so ingeniously that no one could…
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A guide to the battle that inspired Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address
by Catherine McNiff
Union General John Reynolds, killed on the first day of fighting.…
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The editors of American Book Review selected what they consider the most memorable first lines of novels. The titles on the list span centuries and…
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Here are the key events in world news for the month of May 2010.
Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Offers to Hold Early Elections (May 3…
