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John Donne: Prayer XI. Nobilibusque trahunt

PrayerJohn Donne O ETERNAL and most gracious God, who in thy upper house, the heavens, though there be many mansions, yet art alike and equally in every mansion; but here in thy lower house,…

Brewer's: Gilded Chamber

(The). The House of Lords. “Mr. Rowland Winn is now Lord St. Oswald, and after years spent in the Lower House he has retired to the calm of the gilded chamber.” —Newspaper paragraph, June…

Brewer's: Jerusalem Chamber

The Chapter-house of Westminster Abbey. Henry IV. died there, March 20, 1413. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem. Shakespeare: 2 Henry IV., iv. 5.…

Brewer's: Corps Legislatif

(French). The lower house of the French legislature. The first assembly so called was when Napoleon I. substituted a corps legislatif and a tribunal for the two councils of the Directory,…

2013 World News: Thailand

Anti-government Protests Prompt Prime Minister to Dissolve Parliament Yingluck ShinawatraRelated Links Thailand Country Profile 2013 Year in…

Australia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Australia Australia ôstrālˈyə [key], smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the…

On the Mode of Electing the President

On the Mode of Electing the Presidentby From a speech by William Grayson given to the Virginia ratifying convention on June 18, 1788.See also Federalist No. 68Mr. [William] GRAYSON. Mr.…

Treaty-making Provisions of the Constitution

Treaty-making Provisions of the Constitutionby A Note Protesting the Treaty-making Provisions of the ConstitutionThe following essay was penned anonymously by "HAMPDEN", and it appeared in…