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Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part 16
Part 16I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, Regardless of others, ever regardful of others, Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man, Stuff'd with the…Hiram Rhodes REVELS, Congress, MS (1827-1901)
Senate Years of Service: 1870-1871 Party: Republican REVELS Hiram Rhodes , a Senator from Mississippi; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., on September 27, 1827; attended Beech Grove…Dukhobors
(Encyclopedia) Dukhobors or DoukhoborsDukhoborsboth: d&oomacr;ˈkəbôrz [key] [Russ.,=spirit wrestlers], religious group, prominent in Russia from the 18th to the 19th cent. The name was coined by…fugitive slave laws
(Encyclopedia) fugitive slave laws, in U.S. history, the federal acts of 1793 and 1850 providing for the return between states of escaped black slaves. Similar laws existing in both North and South…Brewer's: Obadiah
A slang name for a Quaker. Obadiah. One of the servants of Mr. Shandy. (Sterne: Tristram Shandy.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ObambouOb A B C D…Brewer's: Simon Pure
The real man. In Mrs. Centlivre's Bold Stroke for a Wife, a Colonel Feignwell passes himself off for Simon Pure, and wins the heart of Miss Lovely. No sooner does he get the assent of her…Brewer's: Foxites
(2 syl.). The Quakers. So called from George Fox, who organised the sect (1624-1690). His muzzle, formed of opposition stuff, Firm as a Foxite, would not lose its ruff. Dr. Wolcott [Peter…Brewer's: Tunkers
A politico-religious sect of Ohio. They came from a small German village on the Eder. They believe all will be saved; are Quakers in plainness of dress and speech; and will neither fight,…Brewer's: White Feather
To show the white feather. To show cowardice. No gamecock has a white feather. A white feather indicates a cross-breed in birds. Showing the…Brewer's: Prudhomme
A Mons. Prud'homme. A man of experience and great prudence, of estimable character and practical good sense. Your Mons. Prudhomme is never a man of genius and originality, but what we in…Trending
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