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David Patterson DYER, Congress, MO (1838-1924)
DYER David Patterson , a Representative from Missouri; born in Henry County, Va., February 12, 1838; moved with his parents to Lincoln County, Mo., in 1841; completed preparatory studies;…Aylett Hawes BUCKNER, Congress, MO (1816-1894)
BUCKNER Aylett Hawes , a Representative from Missouri; born in Fredericksburg, Va., December 14, 1816; attended Georgetown College, Washington, D.C., and the University of Virginia at…CLARK, James Beauchamp (Champ), Congress, MO (1850-1921)
CLARK, James Beauchamp (Champ), (father of Joel Bennett Clark), a Representative from Missouri; born near Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Ky., March 7, 1850; attended the common schools and…James Beauchamp (Champ) CLARK, Congress, MO (1850-1921)
CLARK James Beauchamp (Champ) , a Representative from Missouri; born near Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Ky., March 7, 1850; attended the common schools and Kentucky University at Lexington; was…The Song of Hiawatha: Hiawatha's Fishing
Hiawatha's Sailing Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather Hiawatha's Fishing Forth upon the Gitche Gumee, On the shining Big-Sea-Water, With his fishing-line of cedar, Of the twisted bark…Mountains Quiz
Geography Quiz Country CapitalsContinentsMountains Rivers and LakesFlagsIn which country is Mount Fuji located? Japan Peru North Korea In which country is Mont Blanc located? Finland Fiji France…Brewer's: Pigwiggin
An elf in love with Queen Mab. He combats the jealous O'beron with great fury. (Drayton: Nymphidia.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Pike's HeadPigsney A B…Brewer's: Pikestaff
Plain as a pikestaff. Quite obvious and unmistakable. The pikestaff was the staff carried by pilgrims, which plainly and somewhat ostentatiously announced their “devotion.” It has been…Brewer's: Spade
Why not call a spade a spade? Do not palliate sins by euphemisms. “We call a nettle but a nettle, and the faults of fools but folly.” —Shakespeare: Coriolanus ii. 1. “I have learned to…Hay, John Milton
(Encyclopedia) Hay, John Milton, 1838–1905, American author and statesman who was an important political figure from the mid-19th cent. into the early 20th cent.; b. Salem, Ind., grad. Brown. He…Trending
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