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Dar Williams

The Green WorldRazor & Tie Say this much about Dar Williams. She is taking the road less traveled. After all, who else is writing songs based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's book Satan in…

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton may not be quite as famous as Founding Fathers like Ben Franklin or George Washington, but he played a key role in the early formation of the American government. He was the first…

Spencer Darwin PETTIS, Congress, MO (1802-1829)

PETTIS Spencer Darwin , a Representative from Missouri; born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1802; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar about 1824 and commenced practice…

Thomas RUFFIN, Congress, NC (1820-1863)

RUFFIN Thomas , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Louisburg, Franklin County (formerly a part of Edgecombe County), N.C., September 9, 1820; attended the common schools; graduated…

Sonnets by William Shakespeare: CVII

Sonnet CVI Sonnet CVIII CVII Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come, Can yet the lease of my true love control, Supposed as forfeit to…

Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XLVI

Sonnet XLV Sonnet XLVII XLVI Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war, How to divide the conquest of thy sight; Mine eye my heart thy picture's sight would bar, My heart mine eye the…