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<em>Twilight</em> Movie Review

The film adaptation remains true to Stephanie Meyer's best-selling novel by Catherine McNiff Related Links Twilight TriviaTwilight QuizTwilight PollTwilight HangmanTwilight PageWhat does…

Brewer's: Morse Alphabet

(The). An alphabet used in telegraphic messages, invented by Professor Samuel F. B. Morse, of Massachusetts. The right-hand deflection of the electric needle corresponds to a dash, and the…

Brewer's: Mortal

I saw a mortal lot of people- i.e. a vast number. Mortal is the French à mort, as in the sentence, “Il y aait du monde à mort. ” Legonidec says, “Ce mot [mort] ne s'emploie jamais au…

Brewer's: Letter of Uriah

(2 Sam. xi. 14). A treacherous letter of friendship, but in reality a death-warrant. (See Bellerophon.) “However, sir, here is a guarantee. Look at its contents: I do not again carry the…

The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 52

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 51Federalist No. 53Federalist No. 52 The House of Representatives To the People of the State of New York: From the more…

Federalist No. 52

No 51 No 53 The House of Representatives From the New York Packet. Friday, February 8, 1788. Hamilton or Madison To the People of the State of New York: FROM…

Federalist No. 23

No 22 No 24 The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union From the New York Packet.Tuesday, December 18, 1787.Hamilton…

Ezekiel: 38

Ezekiel Chapter 38 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3…

The True George Washington: Friends: Children

ChildrenIn this connection it is worth glancing at Washington's relations with children, the more that it has been frequently asserted that he had no liking for them. As already shown, at…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 8, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 7, 1806July 9, 1806July 8, 1806 July 8th 1806. Set out at 6 A.M. N 25 W. 31/2 m. to the top of a hill from whence we saw the Shishequaw…