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SALTONSTALL, Leverett, Congress, MA (1892-1979)
Senate Years of Service: 1945-1967 Party: Republican SALTONSTALL Leverett , a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Chestnut Hill, Middlesex County, Mass., September 1, 1892; attended the public…2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Races
Date Race Raceway Winner Feb. 16 Daytona 500 Daytona International Speedway Michael…Walt Whitman: Salut au Monde!, Part 4
Part 4What do you see Walt Whitman? Who are they you salute, and that one after another salute you? I see a great round wonder rolling through space, I see diminute farms, hamlets, ruins,…Brewer's: Claras
(Stock Exchange term) The Chatham, London, and Dover Railway Ordinary Stock (C L.R.S.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ClareClaque A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Sound as a Bell
Quite sound. A cracked bell is useless as a bell. Blinde Fortune did so happily contrive, That we, as sound as bells, did safe arive At Dover. Taylor's Workes, ii. 22 (1630). Source:…Brewer's: Yorks
(a Stock-Exchange term), the Great Northern Railway Ordinary Stock, the York line. Similarly, there are the Berwicks, the Brums, the Dovers, the Leeds, the Pots or Potteries, the…Brewer's: Cinque Ports
(The). Originally the five seaports Hastings, Sandwich, Dover, Romney, and Hythe. Subsequently Winchelsea and Rye were added. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Culverin
properly means a serpent (Latin, colubrinus, the coluber), but is applied to a long, slender piece of artillery employed in the sixteenth century to carry balls to a great distance. Queen…Brewer's: Devil's Daughter's Portion
(The). The saying is - Deal, Dover, and Harwich, The devil gave with his daughter in marriage, xs because of the scandalous impositions practised in these seaports on sailors and…Brewer's: Pocket Pistol
(A). A dram-flask for the pocket, in “self-defence,” because we may be unable to get a dram on the road. Pocket Pistol (Queen Bess's). A formidable piece of ordnance given to Queen…Trending
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