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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: 1780

by Robert Burns 1771 - 177917811780ContentsRonalds Of The Bennals, TheSong-Here's To Thy HealthLass Of Cessnock Banks, TheSong-Bonie Peggy AlisonSong-Mary Morison

Conrad BURNS, Congress, MT (1935)

Senate Years of Service: 1989-2007 Party: Republican BURNS Conrad , a Senator from Montana; born in Gallatin, Davies County, Mo., January 25, 1935; attended the Gallatin public schools; attended…

Max BURNS, Congress, GA (1948)

BURNS Max , a Representative from Georgia; born in Millen, Jenkins County, Ga., on November 8, 1948; B.A., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., 1973; M.B.A, Georgia State University,…

gonorrhea

(Encyclopedia) gonorrheagonorrheagŏnərēˈə [key], common infectious disease caused by a bacterium (Neisseria gonorrhoeae), involving chiefly the mucous membranes of the genitourinary tract. It may…

Leopold III, king of the Belgians

(Encyclopedia) Leopold III, 1901–83, king of the Belgians (1934–51), son and successor of Albert I. In 1936, Leopold announced a fundamental change in foreign policy; Belgium abandoned its military…

body-marking

(Encyclopedia) body-marking, painting, tattooing, or scarification (cutting or burning) of the body for ritual, esthetic, medicinal, magic, or religious purposes. Evidence from prehistoric burials,…

boiler

(Encyclopedia) boiler, device for generating steam. It consists of two principal parts: the furnace, which provides heat, usually by burning a fuel, and the boiler proper, a device in which the heat…

tar and pitch

(Encyclopedia) tar and pitch, viscous, dark-brown to black substances obtained by the destructive distillation of coal, wood, petroleum, peat, and certain other organic materials. The heating or…