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John Parker HALE, Congress, NH (1806-1873)
Senate Years of Service: 1847-1849; 1849-1853; 1855-1857; 1857-1865 Party: Independent Democrat; Free Soil; Opposition; Republican HALE John Parker , a Representative and a Senator from New…2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Race Locations
February—DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.; DURA LUBE 400 at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, N.C. March—UAW-DAIMLERCHRYSLER 400 at Las Vegas…Aristophanes
(Encyclopedia) AristophanesAristophanesărˌĭstŏfˈənēz [key], c.448 b.c.–c.388 b.c., Greek playwright, Athenian comic poet, greatest of the ancient writers of comedy. His plays, the only full extant…Brewer's: Merry Dancers
The northern lights, so called from their undulatory motion. The French, also call them chevres dansantes (dancing goats). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Merry Men
(My). A chief calls his followers his merry men. (See above.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Merry Men of MeyMerry Dun of Dover A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Jack of Newbury
John Winchcomb, the greatest clothier of the world, in the reign of Henry VIII. He kept 100 looms in his own house at Newbury, and equipped at his own expense 100 of his men to aid the…Brewer's: Never
There are numerous locutions to express this idea; as- At the coming of the Coqueligrues (Rabelais: Pantagruel). At the Latter Lammas. (See Lammas.) On the Greek Calends (q.v.) In the…Brewer's: Jack o' the Clock
The figure which comes out to strike the hours on the bell of a clock. A contraction of Jaquemart (q.v.). King Richard. Well, but what's o'clock? Buckingham. Upon the stroke of ten. K. R.…Brewer's: Doves' Dung
In 2 Kings vi. 25, during the siege of Samaria, “there was a great famine ... and ... an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung […Delaware
Delaware State Information Capital: Dover Official Name: Delaware Organized as a territory/republic: 1683 Entered Union (rank): December 7, 1787 (First of the original 13 states) Present…Trending
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