1 Samuel
Chapter 17
1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in…
(Encyclopedia) Houston, Samuel, 1793–1863, American frontier hero and statesman of Texas, b. near Lexington, Va.
In 1836 Houston was elected the first president of the new Republic of Texas. The…
JONES, Samuel, a Delegate from New York; born in Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y., July 26, 1734; elected as a Delegate to the Continental Congress in 1788 but did not attend; died November 21,…
TAGGART Samuel , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Londonderry, N.H.,
March 24, 1754; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Dartmouth
College, Hanover, N.H., in 1774;…
(Encyclopedia) Hood, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount, 1724–1816, British admiral. Entering the navy in 1741, he served with distinction in the Seven Years War. In 1781 he was sent to the West Indies as…
ChristabelThe Ancient Mariner The Latin motto is condensed, by omission, from about a page of Thomas Burnet's Archaeologiae Philosophicae: sive Doctrina Antiqua de Rerum Originibus,…
Part the SecondPart the First 'Tis the middle of night by the castle clock,
And the owls have awakened the crowing cock.
Tu—whit!——Tu—whoo!
And hark, again! the crowing cock,
How…
Senate Years of Service: 1801-1809
Party: Federalist WHITE Samuel , a Senator from Delaware; born near Dover, Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Del.,
in December 1770; attended Cokesbury College…
Part the FirstPart the Second "Each matin bell," the Baron saith,
"Knells us back to a world of death."
These words Sir Leoline first said,
When he rose and found his lady dead…
FOWLER, Samuel, (grandson of Samuel Fowler [1779-1844]), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Port Jervis, Orange County, N.Y., March 22, 1851; attended the Newton (N.J.) Academy,…
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