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(Encyclopedia) Camborne-Redruth Camborne-Redruth kămˈbôrn, –bûrn, rĕdˈr&oomacr;th…Brown, Joseph Emerson
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821–94, U.S. public official, b. Pickens District, S.C. As governor of Georgia during the Civil War, Brown quarreled with Jefferson Davis over conscription and…Warren, Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Warren, Joseph, 1741–75, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Roxbury, Mass. A Boston physician, he participated in the agitation against the Stamp Act (1765). He became a…Brewer's: Davy Jones's Locker
He's gone to Davy Jones's locker, i.e. he is dead. Jones is a corruption of Jonah, the prophet, who was thrown into the sea. Locker, in seaman's phrase, means any receptacle for private…Brewer's: Jonas
in Dryden's satire of Absalom and Achitophel, is meant for Sir William Jones, Attorney-General, who conducted the prosecution of the Popish Plot (June 25th, 1674); not the great Oriental…A. E. Housman: Westward on the high-hilled plains
Westward on the high-hilled plains Where for me the world began, Still, I think, in newer veins Frets the changeless blood of man.Now that other lads than I Strip to bathe on Severn shore…Mark Hill DUNNELL, Congress, MN (1823-1904)
DUNNELL Mark Hill , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Buxton, York County, Maine, July 2, 1823; completed preparatory studies, and was graduated from Waterville College (now Colby…Thomas Hill HUBBARD, Congress, NY (1781-1857)
HUBBARD Thomas Hill , a Representative from New York; born in New Haven, Conn., December 5, 1781; pursued classical studies; was graduated from Yale College in 1799; studied law; was admitted…1998 Men's Olympic Large Hill Ski Jumping
1st (ft) 2nd (ft) Pts 1 Kazuyoshi Funaki, JPN 413 435 272.3 2 Jani Soininen, FIN 425 415 260.8 3 Masahiko Harada, JPN 394 446 258.3 Best…2002 Olympic Team Ski Jumping (Large Hill)
Pts 1 Germany 974.1 2 Finland 974.0 3 Slovenia 946.3 GER—Sven Hannawald, Stephan Hocke, Michael Uhrmann, Martin Schmitt; FIN—Matti Hautamaeki, Veli-Matti…Trending
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