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The Devil's Dictionary: Inadmissible

by Ambrose Bierce IMPUNITYINAUSPICIOUSLYINADMISSIBLE -adj. Not competent to be considered. Said of certain kinds of testimony which juries are supposed to be unfit to be entrusted with,…

Part III. Letters of Cato

AbstractAnother early series of articles criticizing the proposed Constitution were published in the New York Journal under the pseudonym "Cato", in honor of the Roman defender of republican…

druids

(Encyclopedia) druidsdruidsdr&oomacr;ˈĭdz [key], priests of ancient Celtic Britain, Ireland, and Gaul and probably of all ancient Celtic peoples, known to have existed at least since the 3d cent…

Tiberius

(Encyclopedia) Tiberius (Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus)Tiberiustībērˈēəs [key], 42 b.c.–a.d. 37, second Roman emperor (a.d. 14–a.d. 37). He was the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla…

Plays by William Shakespeare

William ShakespeareContentsThe TempestDramatis PersonaeAct IScene IScene IIAct IIScene IScene IIAct IIIScene IScene IIScene IIIAct IVScene IAct VScene IEpilogueTwo Gentlemen of VeronaDramatis…

Alfred MILNES, Congress, MI (1844-1916)

MILNES Alfred , a Representative from Michigan; born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, May 28, 1844; immigrated to the United States in 1854 with his parents, who settled in Newton, Jasper County…

The Glimmer Man

Director: John Gray Writer: Kevin Brodbin Director of Photography: Rick Bota Editor: Donn Cambern Music: Trevor Rabin Production Designer: William Sandell Producers…

Austria: Rulers

Emperors Franz I, last Holy Roman Emperor, first Emperor of Austria (1804–1835) Ferdinand I (1835–1848) Franz Joseph I (1848–1916) Karl I, last emperor of Austria (1916–1918) Presidents Franz…

Cabinet Members Under Cleveland (Second Term)

Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham, 1893Richard Olney, 1895Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle, 1893Secretary of War Daniel S. Lamont, 1893Attorney General Richard Olney, 1893Judson…