(Encyclopedia) Longstreet, James, 1821–1904, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Edgefield District, S.C. He graduated (1842) from West Point and served in the Mexican War, reaching the…
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by Percy Bysshe Shelley Homer's Hymn to the SunHomer's Hymn to MinervaHomer's Hymn to the Earth: Mother of All Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Poetical Works", 1839, 2nd edition; dated 1818…
Behind the House is the Millet PlotMuna LeeBehind the house is the millet plot,
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