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Cromwell, Thomas, earl of Essex
(Encyclopedia) Cromwell, Thomas, earl of Essex, 1485?–1540, English statesman. While a young man he lived abroad as a soldier, accountant, and merchant, and on his return (c.1512) to England he…Chauncey Judd: Negro Patriotism
Seizure of Henry Wooster Rescue and Flight Negro Patriotism Tobiah was a patriot. With the political principles of his master, and so many others of the residents of that tory…Lent
(Encyclopedia) Lent [Old Eng. lencten,=spring], Latin Quadragesima (meaning 40; thus the 40 days of Lent). In Christianity, Lent is a time of penance, prayer, preparation for or recollection of…Percy, Sir Henry
(Encyclopedia) Percy, Sir Henry, 1366–1403, English nobleman, called Hotspur or Henry Hotspur; son of Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland. In 1388 he participated in the famous battle of…Zhou Enlai
(Encyclopedia) Zhou Enlai or Chou En-laiZhou Enlaiboth: jō ĕn-lī [key], 1898–1976, Chinese Communist leader. A member of a noted Mandarin family, he was educated at an American-supported school in…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Ode (Inscribed to W. H. Channing)
OdeInscribed to W.H. ChanningThough loath to grieve The evil time's sole patriot, I cannot leave My honied thought For the priest's cant, Or statesman's rant. If I refuse My study for their…Eclipse Awards
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(Encyclopedia) JacobitesJacobitesjăkˈəbītsˌ [key], adherents of the exiled branch of the house of Stuart who sought to restore James II and his descendants to the English and Scottish thrones after…Fourth- & Fifth-Graders Contribute Essays to Factmonster.com
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