Pietro Aretino was so called for his satires. (1492-1556.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ScouringScourge of God A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…
Don Henry, third son of John I. “the Great,” King of Portugal- Who, heaven-inspired; To love of useful glory roused mankind, And in unbounded commerce mixed the world. Thomson: Summer.…
Landholder IIIEnergetic GovernmentOliver EllsworthNovember 19, 1787To the Holders and Tillers of Land.Gentlemen, When we rushed to arms for preventing British usurpation, liberty was the…
Scene IIIThe same. The ForumEnter Sicinius and BrutusBrutusIn this point charge him home, that he affects
Tyrannical power: if he evade us there,
Enforce him with his envy to the people,
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(Encyclopedia) Albert the Bear, c.1100–1170, first margrave of Brandenburg (1150–70). He was a loyal vassal of Holy Roman Emperor Lothair II, who, as duke of Saxony, helped him take (1123) Lower…
McCRERY James O., III , a Representative from Louisiana; born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish,
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Impartial Examiner III5 March 1788by (Concluded from our last.)After the most deliberate reflections on this important matter, permit me, my dear countrymen, to declare to you in the most…
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