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Clement Laird VALLANDIGHAM, Congress, OH (1820-1871)
VALLANDIGHAM Clement Laird , a Representative from Ohio; born in New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio, July 29, 1820; attended a classical school conducted by his father and Jefferson College,…Robert Hopkins HATTON, Congress, TN (1826-1862)
HATTON Robert Hopkins , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, November 2, 1826; attended the common schools and was graduated from the Cumberland…John Montgomery GLOVER, Congress, MO (1822-1891)
GLOVER John Montgomery , a Representative from Missouri; born in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., September 4, 1822; attended the public schools in Kentucky; moved to Missouri in 1836 with his…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Politicians
9 11 The Politicians AN Old Politician and a Young Politician were travelling through a beautiful country, by the dusty highway which leads to the City of Prosperous Obscurity. Lured…Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Miracle
The MiracleI have trod this path a hundred times With idle footsteps, crooning rhymes. I know each nest and web-worm's tent, The fox-hole which the woodchucks rent, Maple and oak, the old…Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Letter
A LetterDear brother, would you know the life, Please God, that I would lead? On the first wheels that quit this weary town Over yon western bridges I would ride And with a cheerful benison…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Elegy On The Late Miss Burnet Of Monboddo
by Robert Burns On The Birth Of A Posthumous ChildElegy On The Late Miss Burnet Of Monboddo Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize, As Burnet, lovely from her native skies;…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Sweet Afton
by Robert Burns My Bonie BellAddress To The Shade Of ThomsonSweet Afton Flow gently, sweet Afton! amang thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise;…John Keats: Character of Charles Brown
SonnetsFor There's Bishop's TeignCharacter of Charles Brown I He is to weet a melancholy carle: Thin in the waist, with bushy head of hair As hath the seeded thistle when in parle It…Orville Hickman BROWNING, Congress, IL (1806-1881)
Senate Years of Service: 1861-1863 Party: Republican BROWNING Orville Hickman , a Senator from Illinois; born in Cynthiana, Harrison County, Ky., February 10, 1806; attended Augusta College;…Trending
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