United States History Common SenseThomas Paine's Pro-Revolution Pamphlet Give Me Liberty...Patrick Henry's Famous Speech The Federalist PapersA critical study of the U.S.…
The following is a list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United…
REED Edward Cambridge , a Representative from New York;
born in Fitzwilliam, N.H., March 8, 1793;
attended the common schools;
was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1812;…
RIGGS Lewis , a Representative from New York;
born in Norfolk, Conn., January 16, 1789;
attended the common schools and schools of Latin and Greek;
was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade;…
(Encyclopedia) Bonds, Barry Lamar, 1964–, American baseball player, b. Riverside, Calif. Bonds grew up surrounded by baseball; his father, Bobby Bonds, was a San Francisco Giants outfielder (1968–74…
(Encyclopedia) EpirusEpirusĕpīˈrəs [key], ancient country of Greece, on the Ionian Sea and W of Macedon and Thessaly, a region now occupied by NW Greece and S Albania. At the time of Homer, Epirus…
Sit Down in the Lowest RoomMarch 1864Like flowers sequestered from the sun
And wind of summer, day by day
I dwindled paler, whilst my hair
Showed the first tinge of grey.'Oh what is…
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So Homer is sometimes called, because one of the traditions fixes his birthplace on the banks of the Meles, in Ionia. In a similar way we call Shakespeare the “Bard of Avon.” (See Homer.)…
by Ambrose Bierce DEFENCELESSDEGRADATIONDEGENERATE -adj. Less conspicuously admirable than one's ancestors. The contemporaries of Homer were striking examples of degeneracy; it required ten…
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