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William Eaton CHANDLER, Congress, NH (1835-1917)

Senate Years of Service: 1887-1889; 1889-1901 Party: Republican; Republican CHANDLER William Eaton , a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Concord, N.H., December 28, 1835; attended the common…

William Shakespeare: Henry VI (Pt 3), Act IV

Act IVScene ILondon. The palaceEnter Gloucester, Clarence, Somerset, and MontagueGloucesterNow tell me, brother Clarence, what think you Of this new marriage with the Lady Grey? Hath not our…

Brewer's: Amphialus

son of Cecropia, in love with Philoclea, but he ultimately married Queen Helen of Corinth. —SirPhilipSidney: The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,…

Brewer's: Port Wine

Lord Pembroke's port wine. This renowned wine is thus made- 27 gallons of rough cider, 13 gallons of Bone Carlo wine, 3 gallons of brandy. To make a hogshead of port. Source: Dictionary…

Brewer's: Protector

The Earl of Pembroke (1216). Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1422-1447). Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1483). The Duke of Somerset (1548). The Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. Oliver…

Brewer's: Nine Worthies

Joshua, David, and Judas & Maccabaeus;; Hector, Alexander, and Julius & Caesar;; Arthur, Charlemagne, and Godfrey of Bouillon. Nine worthies were they called, of different rites-…

Brewer's: Oxford

The College Ribbons. Balliol, pink, white, blue, white, pink. Brasenose, black, and gold edges. Christ Church, blue, with red cardinal's hat. Corpus, red and blue stripe. Exeter, black,…

Cambridge, University of

(Encyclopedia) Cambridge, University of, at Cambridge, England, one of the oldest English-language universities in the world. Originating in the early 12th cent. (legend places its origin even…