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(Encyclopedia) Chinese exclusion, policy of prohibiting immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States; initiated in 1882. From the time of the U.S. acquisition of California (1848) there had…
O’LOUGHLIN, Kathryn Ellen, (after election was married to Daniel M. McCarthy and thereupon served under the name of Kathryn O’Loughlin McCarthy), a Representative from Kansas; born near Hays,…
to whom Richard Love-lace sang, was Lucy Sacheverell, called by him lux casta, i.e. Chaste Lucy. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LuceLucasian Professor A B…
A mythical king of Britain. General Lud. (See Luddites.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lud's BulwarkLucy and Colin A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…
(A). Emblematic of St. Lucy, in allusion to her sending her two eyes to a nobleman who wanted to marry her for the exceeding beauty of her eyes. (See Lucy.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…
O'LOUGHLIN, Kathryn Ellen, (after election was married to Daniel M. McCarthy and thereupon served under the name of Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy), a Representative from Kansas; born near Hays,…
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