V. S. PritchettAge: 96 versatile British writer, famous for more than six decades for works in fiction, nonfiction, biography, and literary criticism. Died: March 20, 1997.Eleanor Prescott…
by T. S. Eliot III The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.
Six o'clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of…
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THOMPSON John , a Representative from New York;
born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N.Y., July 4, 1809;
was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., and later from Yale College;
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THOMPSON Benjamin , a Representative from Massachusetts;
born in Charlestown, Mass., August 5, 1798;
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engaged in mercantile pursuits;
member of the State house of…
THOMPSON Hedge , a Representative from New Jersey;
born in Salem, N.J., January 28, 1780;
pursued an academic course;
was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania…
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