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in common use: BALD as a coot. BITTER as gall,soot. BLACK as ink, as a coal, as a crow BLIND as a bat, a beetle, a mole. BLUNT as a hedge-hook. BRAVE as Alexander. BRIGHT as silver.…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: W
Selected Biographies A to ZA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+ biographies Biographies by…Johnson, Samuel, English author
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Samuel, 1709–84, English author, b. Lichfield. The leading literary scholar and critic of his time, Johnson helped to shape and define the Augustan Age. He was equally…Poe, Edgar Allan
(Encyclopedia) Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809–49, American poet, short-story writer, and critic, b. Boston. He is acknowledged today as one of the most brilliant and original writers in American literature.…transportation
(Encyclopedia) transportation, conveyance of goods and people over land, across water, and through the air. See also commerce. The first practical attempts at air transportation began with the…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, April 13, 1805
Day 591 Day 593 Lewis, April 13, 1805 Saturday April 13th Being disappointed in my observations of yesterday for Longitude, I was unwilling to remain at the entrance of the river another…Mob murder in a Christian nation<cite>by Ida B. Wells</cite>
1909 The lynching record for a quarter of a century merits the thoughtful study of the American people. It presents three salient facts: First, lynching is a colorline murder. Second…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: James Madison: First Inaugural Address
Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Madison First Inaugural Address Saturday, March 4, 1809 UNWILLING to depart from examples of the most revered authority, I avail myself of the…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 20, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 19, 1804May 21, 1804May 20, 1804 Sunday May 20th 1804 The morning was fair, and the weather pleasent; at 10 oCk A M. agreably to an…Wisdom: 17
Wisdom Chapter 17 1 For great are thy judgments, and cannot be expressed: therefore unnurtured souls have erred. 2 For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation;…Trending
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